Edmond Jabes Quotes
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
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I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
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Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
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But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor Of Earth, and up to Heav'n's unopening Door You gaze To-day, while You are You - how then To-morrow, You when shall be You no more?
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Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. 'Yes,' they will say, 'wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold.' But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains.
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As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.
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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.
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I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
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I feel like I write so that people can think of it as theirs. If my song is exactly about your life right now, then it is - I don't even want to say that it's mine, because it's yours.
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The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.
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I gave one permaculture course in Botswana, and now my students are out in the bloody desert in Namibia teaching Bushmen - whose language nobody can speak - to be very good permaculture people.
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Repression is the enemy of civilization - so keep dreaming, because the dreams we dream today will provide the love, the compassion, and the humanity that will narrate the stories of our lives tomorrow.
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I lived with my mom in Hawaii until I pissed her off. And then I came to live with my dad and pissed him off. He made me hustle, and claw, and fight. That's all stuff you want. You want that drive.
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Living life is like running a marathon. It takes a lot of courage and tenacity to keep going till the end.
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Wandering creates the desert.
