Cat Stevens Quotes
Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
Quotes to Explore
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'
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I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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A closed mind is a dying mind.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.
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I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what I'm hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.
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The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.
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Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
