Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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My mother doesn't have much of a social life with other A-list people. Which in a way I'm very grateful for, because if I do make something of my career I will be able to say it wasn't because I was a Chaplin.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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The readings of Soviet society are as many as the experts you speak to. In my view, it's a society that is overdue for measures of democratization and organization.
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When I came into the gym, I wasn't just some guy. I was a two-time Olympian.
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The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a second life waiting, suffering can be endured- especially in other people. The natural environment can be used up. Enemies of the faith can be savaged and suicidal martyrdom praised.
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The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy.
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If you’re going to do something that crazy, save it for when it’ll make a difference. But absent near-omniscience there’s no way to know when that is. You can only make your best approximate calculation. You can only make your throw and try to puzzle out the results afterward.
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We live in a multi-cultural world, so embracing diversity is important in every industry.
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I believe you have to have balance in your life.
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The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending.
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I don't drink Pellegrino and Perrier, but my nieces and nephews do.
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The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they can't identify bubbles, but when each bubble bursts, they flood the system with liquidity that brings about unintended consequences.
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When you're talking about people like Shonda Rhimes, Vince Gilligan or Beau Willimon, you're talking to people who are notable and celebrities in their own right. People want to know how their brains work.
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That receiving a pension or disability benefits prevents people from getting better. After all, the amygdala knows nothing of pensions.
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My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and upbringing was very much a mix.
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As I'm getting older, I'm getting funkier. So that's what I'm wearing. Funky shoes.
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A kiss can be like the world turning over. It can be like the tide of a dragon's dream washing through the unseen world that is hidden to mortal eyes but that nevertheless permeates our being. It can be hot and cold together, as vast as the heavens and yet specific to the pressure of hands and the parting of lips. It raised more intense feelings than I had expected, like being engulfed in a storm of lightning.
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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
