Fernand Braudel Quotes
There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show is a show is a show.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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From the time I was 18, I knew I wanted to be a comedian, but I was just scared to try it. And first I thought, 'Well, I should go to college and get a degree.' That didn't pan out.
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You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place.
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I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.
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The damage caused by corruption is just as real in Angola and Azerbaijan as it is in Atlanta and Albuquerque, and it's our obligation to advance the rule of law wherever our laws apply.
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There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.
