Antonio Tabucchi Quotes
Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen.
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Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.
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γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει
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It's always nice being wanted. Even if it's by the wrong person.
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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
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It is unfortunate for J.J that Rousseau cannot say everything he knows about him.
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In order for me to have fun, I have to be able to not be buttoned down.
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Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.
