Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
Quotes to Explore
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As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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I write novels and other things.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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In my business - SAT tutoring - you get used to sighs. A client's mother frets over the sheer amount of work her daughter has to do to get her score up, until she reaches the resigned moment when she will sigh and observe that no one thought you could prepare for the SAT back when she took it - it was 'untutorable.'
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I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.
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The illegal wildlife trade threatens not only the survival of entire species, such as elephants and rhinos, but also the livelihoods and, often, the very lives of millions of people across Africa who depend on tourism for a living.
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Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices grafted upon a corrupt bottom
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
