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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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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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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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a north London girl.
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As women, you have to negotiate your way through a man's world.
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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.
