Alexander Herzen Quotes
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
Quotes to Explore
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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I check all my props, everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely.
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We live in an interconnected world, in an interconnected time, and we need holistic solutions. We have a crisis of inequality, and we need climate solutions that solve that crisis.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I'd come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn't seem to make the effort.
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Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
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You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.
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You push the button, we do the rest.
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Birth is what women do. Women are privileged to stand in such power! Birth stretches a woman's limits in every sense. To allow such stretching of one's limits is the challenge of pregnancy, birth, and parenting. The challenge is to be fully present and to allow the process because of inner trust.
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Utah could elect its first black Republican woman to Congress. In other words, Utah finally got one black person and the first thing they want to do is send her to Washington.
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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
