Leon Trotsky Quotes

The peasantry, having lifted itself up out of its medieval status, cannot politically generate it's own rage. - Speech in Paris, 1934

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• I've been married over 50 years of my life.

  

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• After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.

  

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• Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

  

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• I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.

  

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• In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.

  

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• Work is the thing that happens around the game time.

  

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• I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.

  

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• The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.

  

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• There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.

  

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• My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.

  

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• He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.

  

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• We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

  

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• Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

  

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• As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.

  

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• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

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• The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.

  

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• The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

  

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• Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.

  

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• 'They’re absolutely necrotic, aren’t they?' Colin whispered behind his order of service.'It’s late twentieth century atonal,' Dunworthy whispered back. 'It’s supposed to sound dreadful.'

  

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• The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

  

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• Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?

  

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• The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in; and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropp'd a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever.

  

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• I had gone to law school thinking that I would do something in the service of black people.

  

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• The peasantry, having lifted itself up out of its medieval status, cannot politically generate it's own rage. - Speech in Paris, 1934

  

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