Astrid Lindgren Quotes
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
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Now you're my whole life;Now you're my whole world.I just can't believeThe way I feel about you girl.Like a river meets the sea,Stronger than it's ever been.We've come so far since that day,And I thought I loved you then.
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In the scales of the destinies brawn will never weigh so much as brain. Our healing is not in the storm or in the whirlwind, it is not in monarchies, or aristocracies, or democracies, but will be revealed by the still small voice that speaks to the conscience and the heart, prompting us to a wider and wiser humanity.
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Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can. Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.
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If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.
