Fernando Pessoa Quotes
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'
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I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.
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When I'm working in finite serials, I always think in terms of the entire book rather than the individual episode because, by far, the vaster sector of the project's lifespan will be in complete book form rather than the singles.
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Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
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Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
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The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it 'depression' than calling it 'loneliness.'
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Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your head, it's probably going to stay there.
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The fashion of the '90s is a massive inspiration to me. My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.
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Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
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I really enjoy the now because that's all we're certain of.
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There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.
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I was really educating myself on the environment, but I didn't realize it was so connected to politics, connected to globalization.
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I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.
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All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.
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What's most worthless about dreams is that everybody has them.
