Leon Trotsky Quotes

If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?

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• One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
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• The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.

  

  Karen Hughes
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• I bought a girl roses once.

  

  Cameron Dallas
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• My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.

  

  Nacho Figueras
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• Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.

  

  Val McDermid
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• I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

  

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• Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

  

  Vikram Seth
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• It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
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• No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
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• You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

  

  Nathan Fillion
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• Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
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• I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

  

  Wanda Jackson
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• The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.

  

  Zac Efron
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• A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
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• The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.

  

  Sally Mann
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• I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.

  

  Laura Ricketts
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• Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

  

  Carly Fiorina
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• The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

  

  Edith Sitwell
  • Life
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• Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

  

  Loretta Lynch
  • Great
  • Country
  • Fear

• How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?

  

  Polly Toynbee
  • World
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• I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror.

  

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Up
  • Women
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• The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • People

• If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?

  

  Leon Trotsky
  • Literature
  • Mirror
  • Reconstruct