Alessandro Michele Quotes
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Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.
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He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
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To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
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'Touch'
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I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear.
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'I sometimes think,' said the Eternal, 'that the stars never shine more brightly than when reflected in the muddy waters of a wayside ditch.'
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There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.
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We were snatched away and given alone into the hands of people who believed that it was their duty to break us and remake us in the Christian American image. And, of course, breaking people is much easier than putting them together again.So much agony caused, so much evil done in God’s name.
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Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with.
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My objection to metre is that it enables people to write verse with no poetic inspiration.
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I think India's growth itself will give opportunities for Indian banks to become substantially bigger.
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A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or to the audience. I want to ask their opinion on my point of view and discuss it with them.
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When you look at anyone's iPod or iPhone and their music collection on there, it's not the same 10 songs. People like diversity.
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A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.
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I love just a stage.
