Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
It may be a question whether machinery does not encumber; whether we have not lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigor of wild virtue. For every Stoic was a Stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
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I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.
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History reminds us that walls can be torn down. But the task is never easy. True partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. They require sharing the burdens of development and diplomacy; of progress and peace. They require allies who will listen to each other, learn from each other and, most of all, trust each other.
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All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
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Hating someone is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Invest your energy into something more worthwhile.
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It may be a question whether machinery does not encumber; whether we have not lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigor of wild virtue. For every Stoic was a Stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?
