Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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But I think we need the international market.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.
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I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You should never sing the lyrics out very clearly.
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If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.
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People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.
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Christ illustrates the purport of life as He descends from His transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
