Haile Gebrselassie Quotes
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.
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But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
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The notion of being on a cop show was appealing, just because it's one of those tick boxes in a career.
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The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry are very depressed.
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As long as Hamas needs the support it could conceivably get from the international community through the Palestinian Authority, it has an interest in playing nice with Fatah. And Fatah has an interest in playing nice with Hamas because it needs some source of legitimacy on the West Bank.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
