Albert Camus Quotes
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
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So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Very few persons go through life without at least one big chance. The fact that so many do not grasp it is due more often to fear than to any other one thing.
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Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
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I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.
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Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.
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Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
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I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.
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Horror and the unknown or the strange are always closely connected so that it is hard to create a convincing picture of shattered natural law or cosmic alienage or 'outsideness' without laying stress on the emotion of fear.
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Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
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Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
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Ted Cruz, who uses phrases like 'carpet-bombing' the people of ISIS and who said, after the incidents in Paris, that we need a war president, is using fear mongering and hate speech. As a citizen of the world, I'm very concerned that this kind of behavior is being cheered on by anyone. It only brings more pain and suffering.
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The way we live history is not the way historians tell history. Our lives are messy and chaotic and bewildering.
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New habits can be launched.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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When I realized that people actually wrote comics, that it was a job people could do, I thought, 'Gee, these things are only 17 pages long! I could probably finish one of those and find out whether I suck before I've spent five years of my life on it.' In stumbling into comics that way, I discovered that I loved the form.
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There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of humor, which is unexpected when you think of 'The Iceman Cometh.'
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Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
