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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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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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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The social risks that worry us are not a random bundle of frights.
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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
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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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In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings.
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Weight isn't a factor in nutritional health.
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I'm one of those workaholics, the kind of guy who may drop with a cardiac arrest around 55.
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I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from.
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Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
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I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.
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Don’t start anything you can’t finish.
