Bernard Beckett Quotes
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
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Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components.
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We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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I am always on the women's side.
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Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?
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I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected.
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I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying to say everything that can be said for the things that one loves while there's still time.
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We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.
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Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.
