Albert Camus Quotes
Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
Basil Bunting
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
Sally Mann
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
B. B. King
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
Gabriele Nanni
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Wendell Berry
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
Ovid
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
Oliver Cromwell
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
Faith Hill
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
Irving Babbitt
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So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They're drawn to it as a career move.
Sam Kinison
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.
Dan Marino
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
Zubin Mehta
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I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
Abraham A. Ribicoff
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
Nafisa Joseph
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
Sam Claflin
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The one thing I've learned exploring the deep is that you just can't even begin to imagine some of the bizarre creatures that are down there.
Edith Widder
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
Wallace Shawn
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I have no doubt that Jesus would actually practice the neighborliness he preached rather than following our example of religious supremacy, hostility, fear, isolation, misinformation, exclusion, or demonization.
Brian D. McLaren
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Does that make you happy, Mr. Rock & Roll Fantasy? You know what? Eddie Vedder’s gonna live to be 98. How’s that make you feel, huh? I love you, come back. You come back! You love us. You love me, don’t you? You love Frances. Where are you? Are you happier now?
Courtney Love
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Too many piglets not enough tits.
Abraham Lincoln
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A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.
Louise Penny
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I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.
Kelly Clarkson
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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
Albert Camus