Louise Erdrich Quotes
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
F. H. Bradley -
To be is to do.
Immanuel Kant -
The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
Felicity Kendal -
I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
Zeresenay Alemseged -
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.
Oscar Isaac
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
Hans Rosling -
In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.
Edmund Phelps -
I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
Wavy Gravy -
Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
Wendy Kopp -
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
Camilo Jose Cela
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
Edgar Wright -
In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
Lady Gregory -
On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
Patrick O'Brian -
The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
Dan Webster -
Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
Zhang Ziyi
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Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?
Andy Grammer -
Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe!
Geoffrey Chaucer -
Sustenance for the infant and child is more than alimentary nourishment. The child needs love, security, narcissistic supplies -- however one may describe it.
Alexander Lowen -
I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
Natalie Maines -
I take yoga classes, do a mile run, and of course take part in some kind of water sport.
Karen Civil -
Money helps, though not so much as you think when you don't have it.
Louise Erdrich