Christopher Okigbo Quotes
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In the works of Duchamp, space begins to walk and take on form; it becomes a machine that spins arguments and philosophizes; it resists movement with delay and delay with irony.
Octavio Paz
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Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something away from them. Kids like boundaries, they also like to be pushed, need to learn what failure is all about, need guidance.
Daley Thompson
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I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came up against anything.
Jack Lowden
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I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.
Vince Gill
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Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
Vince Lombardi
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I grew up on what everybody called a plantation - but believe me, it wasn't a plantation. It was just an old farm. I grew up with a lot of black people working in the fields, and it was during the Depression between 1930 and the war, so we were all poor - black and white.
Sam Phillips
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The things I have sold to film, I've sold because I was happy to rent out the right to adapt those works. Some things, I haven't sold to film, because I was less interested in having no control over the adaptation.
Warren Ellis
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There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.
Ian Hacking
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When you send out real love, real love will return to you.
Florence Scovel Shinn
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Virtue in a man doesn't make you want to grab him.
Caitlin Thomas
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The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third to mislead itself.
H. H. Asquith
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The poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think itÂ’s time we recognized that in free trade the poor farmer, the small farmer, is ending up having to pay royalties to the Monsantos of the world.
Vandana Shiva
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A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of the welfare state across the developing world. The authors combine fine-grained country analyses with intelligent use of data, and explain and extend the theory and literature on the modern welfare state. The book is both scholarly and readable.
Nancy Birdsall
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Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
Barbara Castle
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I am a woman with a foot in both worlds; and I refuse the split. I feel the necessity for dialogue. Sometimes I feel it urgently.
Cherrie Moraga
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Thank you for the time we shared, for the love you gave, for the wisdom you spread. I will always treasure the lessons you taught me. I will carry them with me all the days of my life. I am so proud to be your child.
Naomi Levy
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When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
Alberto Moravia
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We carry in our worlds that flourish, our worlds that have failed.
Christopher Okigbo
