The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
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I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.
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November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.
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I represent celebrities, but I am not a celebrity.
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In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.
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You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.
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One thing I learned working at magazines was that if you couldn't get people to look at a page or a cover, then you were fired. It was all about how you create arresting works, and by arresting I mean stop people, even for a nano-second.
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But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.
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Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
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I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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The cynic says 'blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' I say 'blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed.'
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I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all, So tell me why it should be true That I get a kick out of you?
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The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
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When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.
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My biggest satisfaction was to learn, inexperienced as I was, that it is possible to find ways out of the deepest difficulties.
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I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.
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We all identify with the people we see, and in a good documentary, we are not just reading an account of the world, we're seeing and hearing our world.
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I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.
