Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self.
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Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Teenagers are some of the most passionate, dynamic and creative people I know. Yet, too often, this creative spark is left to flicker precariously and sometimes fade entirely.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.
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My children and their happiness have always been my greatest concern.
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You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
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I'd seen 'The Sopranos,' but I wasn't a faithful viewer because I can't handle it.
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It's a pleasure to contribute to the entrepreneurial community at USC.
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I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
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I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken.
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He looked death in the eye and did not seem disappointed.
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A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).
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I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.
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Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self.
