Elias Canetti Quotes
Nothing was better for you than humiliation, for there was nothing you felt more deeply.
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By the time I was 11, I had read all the children's books in my local library, so I moved on to 'Jane Eyre.' What I loved about Jane Eyre was that she didn't rely on her looks but her character. She had a spirit nobody could break.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.
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As a beat reporter covering the CIA and intelligence world after the terrorist attacks of 2001, I could sense that many things I couldn't see or understand were changing, expanding, getting so big they were difficult to manage.
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I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
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Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.
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I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
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But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.
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I would hate to be on a plane every day.
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France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.
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A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free.
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The future of how the networks and studios deal with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video is certainly going to determine their future.
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It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no matter how kindly meant your deeds may be.
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God loves us all, and all of us are equal in God's sight.
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Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.
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Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession.
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I think whenever you have a product you are always trying to improve it. Whether it is a commercial project out on the market or it's a creative collaboration, you are always looking to keep you audiences more engaged.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.
Biz Stone -
Nothing was better for you than humiliation, for there was nothing you felt more deeply.
