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Chorus of Birds: Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing. (tr. Warter 1830, p. 199)

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• Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Popular
  • Look
  • China

• I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • College
  • Really
  • Seriously

• Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Time
  • Powerful
  • Challenge

• I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • Community
  • Child

• Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.

  

  Barry McGuigan
  • Boxing
  • Very
  • Both Sides

• What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

  

  Ted Lindsay
  • Time
  • You
  • Team

• I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.

  

  Mackenzie Phillips
  • Evil
  • Wise
  • Speak

• Everybody likes a compliment.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Everybody
  • Compliment
  • Likes

• I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.

  

  Zoe Cassavetes
  • Writing
  • Know
  • Right

• It's rewarding to be recognized by the fans and other players for my abilities and to be able to represent the Arizona Cardinals fans from around the world.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • World
  • Fans
  • Arizona

• I use music to focus, like an internal motor.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Music
  • Focus
  • Like

• Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Political
  • Action
  • Me

• I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.

  

  Oona Chaplin
  • Career
  • Myself
  • Acting

• I went to a military school, so I'm always talking like 'Yes, sir,' or 'No, ma'am.' I was doing that even before military school, so I've always had it, I guess.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • School
  • Military
  • Doing

• My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.

  

  Edmonia Lewis
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Perseverance

• My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Character
  • Age
  • Feet

• I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.

  

  Ferran Adria
  • Live
  • Needs
  • Ferrari

• People don't trust conglomerates; they trust individuals. Network marketing brings trust and the quality of the relationship to the center of the business. And it enables you to expand indefinitely, simply by expanding the number of relationships.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • People
  • Business
  • Relationship

• When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.

  

  Jonathan Ive
  • Understand
  • Works
  • Magical

• That whole Deep End experience of finding yourself with the dead body: you know you didn't kill it, but you know if you're found with it, you're gonna be done for it, so you have to get rid of it. And that's a really important nub of Young Adam — Joe knows for absolute certain that if someone comes around the corner, that's it. Nobody's ever going to believe what happened. So that has nothing to do with identity or sexuality, but that is a link. I'm just fascinated by it.

  

  Tilda Swinton
  • Important
  • Done
  • Identity

• Your ears are yours alone. Tell others what you alone can hear. Your voice is yours alone. Tell others what only you can say. Your eyes are yours alone. Show others what only you can see.

  

  Arthur Dobrin
  • See
  • Say
  • Hear

• Chorus of Birds: Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing. (tr. Warter 1830, p. 199)

  

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