R. D. Laing Quotes
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.
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I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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To truly care about this country is to demonstrate that you care about her politics the same when you're winning as when you're losing.
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I remember telling my second-graders the basic 'Metamorphosis' story, saying, like, 'What about - what if a guy woke up one morning and he was a bug? Wouldn't that be weird?' And they loved that. And I think that was the trigger that made me think, like, 'Oh man, here's my audience. They're just a lot shorter than I ever thought they might be.'
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time, people talk and they tell us what they know.
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We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
