Albert Camus Quotes
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Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.
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I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends.
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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.
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Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.
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If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.
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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.
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Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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Nobody's gonna care about your stuff the way you do.
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Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it.
