Albert Camus Quotes
Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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It's interesting now that basically a CG set is the same cost as a real set. So like if you're going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, it'll cost you $200,000. It's the same... the relationship is exactly the same.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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I really have a passion for food. Of course, music, but behind that, it's food.
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Some ticket buyers think they don't like Jews.
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
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At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.
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It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products and services. The nation's shopping list needs this header: Check out what is made here before you 'go' overseas.
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I go to Japan every November on vacation, and the one thing I never return home without is yuba, which is the thin skin that forms atop boiling soy milk. You skim it off and either eat it fresh or dry it.
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People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.
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Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.
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I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to.
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If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the one with the world trade currency. That gives them an enormous economic advantage, which causes goods to flow into their country.
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Practice is a shared history of learning. Practice is conversational. 'Communities of Practice' are groups of people who share a concern (domain) or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better (practice) as they interact regularly (community).
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion.
