Blaise Pascal Quotes
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.
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I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up to two wonderful people, my foster parents.
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Yes.” She smiled, liking the word. “What I feel like right now—I’d compare it to waking from a dream and seeing the real world. It’s a beautiful place, but it also has darkness. If you try to eradicate that darkness, you also destroy the light.” Pain for the future of her people tightened her heart.
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I have myself been on the other side of the table being a participant of a singing talent hunt. Hence, it is weird but awesome at the same time to judge a pool of talent that our nation has.
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Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
