Edith Hahn Beer Quotes
How can a gang of pompous little men so quickly destroy the democratic institutions of a great country?!” cried Wolfgang, pounding on the table in frustration, making the chess pieces topple.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
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I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
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No agency is better than its account executives.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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I can smell bacon sizzling or chicken roasting and appreciate the aroma, but I don't want to eat it.
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I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.
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Indeed, the night sky is the part of our environment that's been common to all cultures throughout human history. All have gazed up at the 'vault of heaven' and interpreted it in their own way.
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We live in an oligarchic state where we’ve been rendered utterly powerless. The judiciary, the legislative, the executive branch is all subservient to an oligarchic corporate elite. And the press is owned by an oligarchic corporate elite which makes sure that any critique of them is never broadcast over the airwaves.
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I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.
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How can a gang of pompous little men so quickly destroy the democratic institutions of a great country?!” cried Wolfgang, pounding on the table in frustration, making the chess pieces topple.
