Fernando Pessoa Quotes
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In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own.
J. M. Coetzee
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
Dan Abrams
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It took, for me, a long time to develop this idea of what to do on the radio. But from the beginning of my time in radio, I had pretty non-traditional tasks.
Ira Glass
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
Sally Ride
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When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative.
Safra A. Catz
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Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.
Manal al-Sharif
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When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy.
Hari Kunzru
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
Zoe Foster Blake
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Now, I mentioned yesterday at the town hall - like America’s first President, George Washington, he understood that democracy can only endure when it’s bigger than just one person. So his willingness to leave power was as profound as his ability to claim power.
Barack Obama
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'Oh, son, I wish you hadn’t become a scenario writer!' she sniffled.'Aw, now, Moms,' I comforted her, 'it’s no worse than playing the piano in a call house.'
S. J. Perelman
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Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam. But as a matter of fact it is well known and widespread in some areas of the world before the Islamic era, including the Arabian peninsula. Mohammad the Prophet tried to oppose this custom since he considered it harmful to the sexual health of the woman.
Nawal El Saadawi
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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
John Burroughs
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A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.
John Gordon Sinclair
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Since I became more confident, I've thought, 'Right, let me get myself on the market'. So I joined Tinder and Chappie, and it was funny because, at first, the sites thought I was an imposter.
Anzia Yezierska
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Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.
Raul Castro
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Think of me as the praying mantis of the supernatural world. Aren't those the bugs that bite the heads off the males? Link looked skeptical. Yes. Then they eat them
Kami Garcia
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The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And the funny thing about that is, you think, 'Okay, that's hard because you're climbing up a rock face, and you don't know where you're going, and you don't know where the top is, you can't see what's below you...' But actually the hardest part about climbing a mountain blindfolded is just finding the mountain.
Michael Arndt
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Strength without agility is a mere mass.
Fernando Pessoa
