Charles Dickens Quotes
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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They are very brave when they talk about other countries where they have no competencies, but where are they when we citizens need them? Is Europe's solution to Catalans to turn its back?
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For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
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Actors are a race.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.
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I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
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I think I'm pretty fearless. I like to try things at least once, things that I never thought that I would try.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I’ve been the same guy since day one. No matter how successful I am in life, I’m going to stay true to myself and stay humble and grounded. I feel like that’s where your success comes from. Once you get that big head, it’s over. You feel like you can’t be stopped. Staying humble is the only way you can be great.
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I don't like the piano player music of the movies, the Michael Nyman, and sometimes that piano music makes me puke. It's not really romantic. It's just trying to get your Pavlovian juices flowing because it's a technique now.
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There are many things given to us in this life for the wrong reasons. What we do with such blessings, that is the true test of a man.
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In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
