M. F. K. Fisher Quotes
War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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It's a really scary thing, having your dreams come true and seeing everything you ever wanted happening, getting the attention for it and then not knowing how to handle it properly.
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I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.
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Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
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I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.
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The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
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It's Kennedy's war, Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson got all the flak, but it's Kennedy's war.
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Removing government-created obstacles to small business growth is what Washington should be addressing, and this focus should start with removing the herculean impediments to job creation found in the health care law.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself.
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The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
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I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.
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I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best new artist this year.
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War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.
