Albert Camus Quotes
Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
Frances O'Grady
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All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.
Action Bronson
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
Barry Mann
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The problem with some of our noisier exponents of 'American exceptionalism' is that they lack Reagan's moral maturity.
Pat Buchanan
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A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
Oscar Hammerstein II
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It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
Barbara Boxer
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The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.
P. J. O'Rourke
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You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.
Warren Farrell
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I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
Larry Hagman
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We never thought that we would be more than an opening act.
Butch Trucks
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We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator.
Phillip E. Johnson
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Struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wiser and happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time. Life isn't always lovely, but it's a beautiful ride.
Gary Allan
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It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.
Flannery O'Connor
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It's a scene in Boston Harbor. It's in the Yellow Sitting Room on the second floor. And he always teased me about not having my name on it.
Lew Wasserman
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One may as well go, as look into another man's house; because the eye may reach what the hand cannot.
Xenocrates
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They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.
Zadie Smith
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He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.
Victor Hugo
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How is it possible to live in world where people can rule millions of others? It's incredible! It's like we've gone back to the 12th century. That's what happens when you decapitate intelligentsia and repeatedly traumatize and brutalize a country for decades on end: you do not get virtue. Victims do not make nice people.
Jon Lee Anderson
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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.
Plato
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I don't relax. I sit down and contemplate all the energetic things I should do.
Sylvester McCoy
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Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd.
Albert Camus