Zola Budd Quotes
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Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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When at just 27 years old, Qaddafi, colonel in the Libyan army, inspired by his Egyptian colleague Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Idris I in 1969, he applied important revolutionary measures such as agrarian reform and the nationalization of oil.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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I'm curvy.
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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
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But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.
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Something funny certainly happens when palladium and platinum come into contact with hydrogen gas; it's one of the great mysteries still waiting to be solved on the periodic table. But it's quite a leap from 'something funny' to cold fusion.
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Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
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We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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If I wished to do something, even if I couldn't find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.
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If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce
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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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My favourite book in the world is 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson.
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The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.
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When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
