E. M. Forster Quotes
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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I don't care if I never see Texas again.
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The feather in your cap is to get a man you love who'll marry you.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.
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Obit anus, abit onus.
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The way I understand composition and form and my ability to enter into material all comes from my disciplines and my commitment as a painter - my energy, my arm, my eyes, my sense of space and form and time. It's a wonderful realm for me. I never leave it.
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Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.
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I really use social media to keep up with what's happening.
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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
