Albert Camus Quotes

So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.

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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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I do not like toll roads. Taxpayers are already paying for those roads through their gas taxes, and then to turn around and tell them they need to pay more to drive on the roads, I don't like it.
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I'm too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom's earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.
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In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.
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I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun.
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Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.
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Natural science is throughout either a pure or an applied doctrine of motion.
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Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
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When we anthropomorphize the egg and sperm, when we turn them into a miniature bride and groom complete with personalities, what effect does this have on abortion legislation?
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Films like 'Namo Venkateshaya' give immense satisfaction, happiness, and makes us feel blessed, and so I consider it the best film in my career.
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I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that.
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Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.
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I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.
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At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.
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When I was younger, the idea of the bad boy was appealing, but then I grew up and realized that stable people are more fulfilling. Bad boys need more time to themselves. I want to be in a relationship with someone who knows how to take care of himself and is therefore able to take care of me. That way, we can put each other first.
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So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.