Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.
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I grew and learned, journeyed and understood, that someone who is afraid of failing won't get anywhere, and someone who dares to do it runs the risk of failure if they don't learn, correct their mistakes, and get back up.
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Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.
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Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I was brought up to think a lot about food and have respect for it, both as medicine and something to eat and enjoy.
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The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.
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In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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The history of using mice to stand in for humans in medical experiments is replete with failures.
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It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.
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I had the opportunity to go and read to cancer patients in hospitals and saw how something as little as that could make someone's day. I also think it's important to support people who are standing up for a good cause, so that's why I get involved with different campaigns and charities.
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If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
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Fame creeps up on you.
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Some people are kind of themselves, and some people are straight-up actors that can meld into a lot of different parts.
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There are some nights where I don't get enough sleep, or we're traveling a lot. And then I'll go do a radio show, and the DJs are usually so energetic. And they're like, 'Why aren't you excited?' I say, 'I am excited. I'm just Swedish. This is my excited. I can't get to an American excitement level.'
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I've sat through boring speeches; didn't get up and leave.
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Damn, I had some great moves. I still have them; I'm just not using them at home a lot.
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Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
