Edmund de Waal Quotes
Austrian Republic established after the war gave an amnesty to 90 per cent of members of the Nazi Party in 1948, and to the SS and Gestapo by 1957.
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When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.
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There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
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Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.
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As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.
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Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.
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Religion is using everything for God.
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Ah! never shall the land forget.
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Next time I go perch fishing I'll bring a net.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.
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I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
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I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.
