E. T. A. Hoffmann Quotes
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.E. T. A. Hoffmann
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
Larry Wilmore -
I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
Natalie Portman -
Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
Iman -
There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
It's all about sound. It's that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it's digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
Daniel Alarcon -
Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
Ralph Merkle -
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
Olga Kurylenko -
We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
Madeleine L'Engle -
A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
Nancy Gibbs -
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
J. Michael Straczynski
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
Jack Schwartz -
My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
Garth Brooks -
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
Tecumseh -
I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
Dana Hussein -
You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
Larry Wilmore
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I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
John Ashcroft -
We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our children. No wonder so many of them are diagnosed with all the stuff they're diagnosed with today. Modern technology is a blessing to be sure, but it's also a curse if we allow it to pull us out of our spiritual center. A 24 hour electronic onslaught comes at the expense of our deep humanity and our deepest relationships.
Marianne Williamson -
I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.
Omar Sharif -
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
Arthur Ashe -
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
E. T. A. Hoffmann