Elie Metchnikoff Quotes
In the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem.
Quotes to Explore
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
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Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.
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I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.
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People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.
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We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.
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In the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem.
