Hans Bender Quotes
Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
Quotes to Explore
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
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It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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It is good to have a failure while you're young because it teaches you so much. For one thing it makes you aware that such a thing can happen to anybody, and once you've lived through the worst, you're never quite as vulnerable afterward.
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While eating gluten-free may help you lose weight initially because it eliminates baked goods, one has to be smart when choosing replacement options because the gluten-free versions often have the same number of calories.
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Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
