Alice Ripley Quotes
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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People don't get my sense of humour.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
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In some ways, in the U.S. we don't know how to be. I think in a lot of ways America is about liberation and about change and progressive human relations. And because of that, I feel like that we're confused about who we're supposed to be and what it is that's supposed to satisfy us and make us feel fulfilled.
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I can't drink anything but chocolate. I don't even like any milk but chocolate. When I eat cereal, I barely touch the white part.
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Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
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One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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Only the brave know how to forgive...A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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All my favourite pop songs are the most stupid ones, the ones that are the most obvious.
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I'm a little obsessed with lip balm. When I go to a new place, I'll find the locally made natural lip balms and buy them as my little memento.
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A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.
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Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.
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But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched by the same madness and genius.
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I worked in investment banking for two years. I was in a program where they kind of just owned you. And you - I didn't realize that I've signed up for that, which was one of the problems. I didn't know anybody who'd done this.
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I'm drawn to raw material and raw emotions.
