Edith Stein Quotes
Peoplehood tends to develop into nationhood if the people achieves a certain maturity. This is analogous to an individual person who becomes acquainted with herself only in the course of her life, without being able to say that she possessed no personal uniqueness at all before that 'self-recognition.'
Quotes to Explore
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I'd like to give people the hope and help I didn't have and that I had to learn by myself.
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I don't want to be one of those young actors who is around for a couple of years and melts off the scene.
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Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.
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Peoplehood tends to develop into nationhood if the people achieves a certain maturity. This is analogous to an individual person who becomes acquainted with herself only in the course of her life, without being able to say that she possessed no personal uniqueness at all before that 'self-recognition.'
