Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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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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I've always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
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We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.
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None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
