Claude Levi-Strauss Quotes
The image a society evolves of the relationship between the living and the dead is, in the final analysis, an attempt, on the level of religious thought, to conceal, embellish or justify the actual relationships which prevail among the living.

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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.
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Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can. Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.
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I have always been interested in that relationship between what happens in our head and what happens in the world.
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When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
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I probably did pack a lifetime's work into the 1980s.
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The image a society evolves of the relationship between the living and the dead is, in the final analysis, an attempt, on the level of religious thought, to conceal, embellish or justify the actual relationships which prevail among the living.