William Pfaff Quotes
The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.
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I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
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I try to eat fruit and be healthy.
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The tantra masters are simply wild flowers, they have everything in them.
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The essence of the desert is that you are free to create your own world, your own visionary reality. … Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.
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No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.
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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.
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My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.
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Our culture has changed. It has become more violent. People are literally afraid to go to the movies or to school.
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I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.
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I do not follow superstitions on court.
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A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.
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The ancient covenant is in pieces; man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.
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I do not know what meaning classical studies could have for our time if they were not untimely-that is to say, acting counter to our time and thereby acting on our time and, let us hope, for the benefit of a time to come.
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Drawing teaches you to look at things properly and to understand form and structure.
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I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.
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The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.
