Albert Camus Quotes
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.
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Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.
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The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.
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The Buddhist view, 'takes the function of work to be at least threefold': 'to give a man a chance to utilize and develop his faculties; to enable him to overcome his egocentredness by joining with other people in a common task; and to bring forth the goods and services needed for a becoming existence.'
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If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.
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The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.
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I'm obsessed with giving the audience something they don't see coming.
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Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin.
