August Strindberg Quotes
I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.
Quotes to Explore
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I got a big mouth.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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Being in good shape is my lifestyle, and I can't remember a time when I was out of shape. I try to live an active lifestyle and mix up all types of activities like fighting, running and swimming.
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My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.
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We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production.
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That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints on this office, I think, sometimes would leave me to mutter under my breath. Very rarely did I lose it publicly. Yeah, usually I'd just smile.
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Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.
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I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.
