In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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