Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes
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There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.
Ramana Maharshi -
The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
Katee Sackhoff -
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
H. L. Mencken -
State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
Adam Cohen -
When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
Youssou N'Dour -
This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
Paris Hilton
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
Jack Vance -
The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
Ma Jian -
We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
Katha Pollitt -
The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
Otto Weininger -
I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
Earl Scruggs -
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
Maika Monroe -
I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
Gabrielle Aplin -
Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
Venus Williams -
Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
Laure Manaudou -
You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
Adam Lambert -
I have a couture body.
Carine Roitfeld
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The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.
Alexander Cockburn -
I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.
Debbie Gibson -
I always feel a bit trapped when a painting goes for millions of pounds and only one person can have it. If you can have that as well as a poster on every student's wall, then you're in a very enviable position. I'd like to do a Damien Hirst for £500 at some point.
Damien Hirst -
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
H. Rap Brown -
As the man, so his God
Amos Bronson Alcott