Leo Tolstoy Quotes
Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one consciously, by means of certain external symbols, conveys to others the feelings one has experienced, whereby people so infected by these feelings, also experience them.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
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No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I am afraid that people will think I re-illustrated 'The Little Prince,' when really, it was more a tribute to him as a dedicated pilot and a man who believed in the goodness of people.
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When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.
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To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.
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Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one consciously, by means of certain external symbols, conveys to others the feelings one has experienced, whereby people so infected by these feelings, also experience them.
