Elfriede Jelinek Quotes
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Education is the largest and most important investment Utah makes.
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.
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Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty.
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I think 'Lost' was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn't really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show.
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Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.
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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
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We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.
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Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
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When you're young, you want to live fast, but you definitely don't want to die young. At the same time, you want to do things in slow, progressive manner that will benefit you in the future. Don't jump into things.
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It costs you something to do good!
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Among many morals which press upon us from the poor minister's miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence: - 'Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!'
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The nurse is the nightTo wake to, to die in: and the day I live,The world and its life are her dreams.
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Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do. If you're going to come away from a party singing the lyrics of a song, it is better that you sing of self-pride like 'We're a Winner' instead of 'Do the Boo-ga-loo!'
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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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When we talk about the issue of child soldiers, it can be easy to focus just on ending recruitment and liberating those boys and girls who are currently being held in military camps. Obviously, both of these are incredibly important goals, but it's also essential that we not forget about former child soldiers once they are liberated.
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Don’t start anything you can’t finish.
