Albert Camus Quotes
But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four.Albert Camus
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
Hal Borland -
The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
Salman Rushdie -
Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang -
It takes people a while to trust you.
Karl Malone -
Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
Karen Salmansohn
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
Malcolm McDowell -
At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
Felix Rohatyn -
I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
Patrick Whitesell -
I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
Zadie Smith -
Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
Ramez Naam -
To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
Lars Larsen
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
C. Z. Guest -
Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
Irwin Winkler -
We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
Pat Roberts -
In the 1960s, you had this booming economy, and you didn't really have enough men around to fill all the jobs. So there was this sudden demand that women come back and perform a lot of the white-collar and pink-collar roles that men had done before or that hadn't existed before.
Gail Collins -
I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
Damien Hirst -
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
I say getting a lecturing from Oprah is probably the most terrifying lecture you could possibly get.
Jane Velez-Mitchell -
History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web.
Aileen Lee -
I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere.
Lamman Rucker -
Yes, I learned history at school; I know everything about apartheid. My dad, he bought the books about it, stuff like that. But I just move on with my life. It's completely different for me.
Caster Semenya -
But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four.
Albert Camus