Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
Das scheinbar am unnötigsten gebrachte, törichtste Opfer steht der absoluten Weisheit immer noch näher als die klügste Tat der sogenannten berechtigten Selbstsucht.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
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I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster.
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Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
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I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The Lost Wife' is one of the best. The horrors of war serve as a backdrop to a love affair that spans a lifetime, and that love story stayed with me long after I put down the book.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it.
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C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
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Gender is not central to coding.
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Das scheinbar am unnötigsten gebrachte, törichtste Opfer steht der absoluten Weisheit immer noch näher als die klügste Tat der sogenannten berechtigten Selbstsucht.
