Eglantyne Jebb Quotes
We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world
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One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.
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I would say that Juventus is a myth not only in Italy, because it's the most loved team in Italy, but also around the world. And it has been in my family since birth.
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If the world is an objective reality that exists independently of us, then humans themselves, even in their own eyes, are nothing more than objects, and their life stories merely a series of disconnected historical accidents, which they may wonder at, but which they themselves have nothing to do with.
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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I sort of approach wrestling the way Johnny Depp approaches movies. I don't really care necessarily what I'm portraying.
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I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do!
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Some people think the world will end in 2012. I think we've got until 2014. I'm an optimist.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.
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There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.
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Social is a better way to interact with digital world. It is better than search. Implications for... everything. Total change.
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.
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I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.
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In order to spend out our time (life) we sell some of this time. We work for someone, we labour. In freedom we do slavery.
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I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.
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I was really just too small for football.
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We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world
