The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes

I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.

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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.

  

  Aaron Huey
  • War
  • Death
  • Name

• One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Comedy
  • Always
  • Moment

• But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Night
  • Film
  • Wine

• I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Reason
  • Care
  • Things

• How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Action
  • Desire
  • Security

• My mum told me once I was a Hindu.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Me
  • Once
  • Hindu

• 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.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • People
  • Life
  • Age

• 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.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Country
  • Cool
  • Christmas

• 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.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • People
  • Stop
  • Look

• 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.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • May
  • Problem
  • Serious

• 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.

  

  Barack Obama
  • War
  • Military
  • Transformation

• 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.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • Life
  • Long
  • Mind

• 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.'

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Blessed

• 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?

  

  Cole Porter
  • Why
  • True
  • Alcohol

• The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.

  

  Jeanette Winterson
  • Time
  • Work

• When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.

  

  Clare Balding
  • Father
  • Hero

• We want to create content that our fans will like but at the same time stretches us creatively, with our own little touch.

  

  Kian Lawley
  • Time

• With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.

  

  James Comey
  • Respect

• When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon your own body and go to someplace else.

  

  Javier Bardem
  • Emotional

• The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create a secure environment that fosters love, learning, laughter and mutual success. I will protect and value integrity. I will admit and quickly correct my mistakes. I will be a self-starter. I will be a caring person. I will be a good listener with an open mind. I will continue to grow and learn. I will facilitate and celebrate the success of others.

  

  Merlin Olsen
  • Family
  • Environment
  • Values

• Consciousness is never experienced in the plural, only in the singular. Not only has none of us ever experienced more than one consciousness, but there is also no trace of circumstantial evidence of this ever happening anywhere in the world. If I say that there cannot be more than one consciousness in the same mind, this seems a blunt tautology - we are quite unable to imagine the contrary...

  

  Erwin Schrodinger
  • Imagine
  • Consciousness
  • Evidence

• Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.

  

  Irving Thalberg
  • Always
  • Talking
  • Welcome

• We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.

  

  Bernice King
  • American
  • Community

• I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.

  

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