Quotes 1961 till 1980 of 2111.
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Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.
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While I was writing Wild Swans I thought the famine was the result of economic mismanagement but during the research I realised that it was something more sinister.
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Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody.
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Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life?
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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.
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Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big?
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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Wine makes a poor man rich in imagination, a rich man poor in reality.
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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With my history, unfortunately, with my family suffering through gun violence, it's something that I feel passionately about, that even though the odds are certainly always uphill, that doesn't mean that I will stop fighting to try to change that.
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With the great part of rich people, the chief employment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
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Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
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Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter and more open-eyed, and show a propensity to flit and sparkle under the light of chandeliers.
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Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
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