Albert Camus Quotes
Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself. The purpose of this essay is to accept and study that strange challenge.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
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I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart.
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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
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It's crazy that, as women, we are taught to be cute and nice and polite when we should learn to be less nice sometimes.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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My Pa always said, 'Live fast, die laughing,' that's the way to do it.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself. The purpose of this essay is to accept and study that strange challenge.
