Fernando Pessoa Quotes
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
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My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren't perfect.' They're probably some of the worst people on the planet. They just know that they need Jesus. That's the only difference.
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Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.
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I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it.
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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
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I love Romney. It is not his fault that he is the son of a successful governor and makes $20 million a year.
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Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.
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I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.
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If tomorrow your career ends and you cannot do anything anymore, at least you know you gave everything.
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Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you.
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In order to understand, I destroyed myself.
