D. H. Lawrence Quotes
The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks you to image the world through someone else's eyes, and it allows you to try to empathize with situations that you haven't actually experienced.
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I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room.
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The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
