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December used to be very difficult for me. For many years, I fought the transition to the new year, was generally exhausted at the end of the year, and just wanted to hide. I described myself as a 'cranky Jewish kid who felt left out by Christmas.'
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Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.
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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr -
Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable.
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Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; this world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
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Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces.
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Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.
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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
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Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.
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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
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Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.
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Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon - but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx - the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?
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Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
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Developed countries and advanced developing countries must open their markets for products from the developing world, and support in developing their export and import capacity.
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel.
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