Elisee Reclus Quotes
Some day the quest for friendship will replace the quest for material well-being that sooner or later will have been adequately provided for.
Elisee Reclus
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Life in California is beautiful.
Oscar Nunez
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
Natascha McElhone
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
Rafael Nadal
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
T. J. Miller
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
Wang Jianlin
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In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.
Ai Weiwei
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Money: power at its most liquid.
Mason Cooley
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I wish that all different types of people of all races and all upbringings were all equally represented in this industry that influences so many people.
Kelly Marie Tran
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Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.
Kevin Mitnick
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I have been a proud, openly gay man since I was 18.
Karamo Brown
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You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.
Curt Siodmak
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Jeremy Taylor
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We are aware that globalization doesn't mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn't mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village, either.
Rene Girard
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
Zaha Hadid
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* 'In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in every prisioner, in every sufferer. But if we paraphrased the marvelous scene and applied it to the child, we should find that Christ goes to help all men in the form of the child.'
Maria Montessori
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Some day the quest for friendship will replace the quest for material well-being that sooner or later will have been adequately provided for.
Elisee Reclus
