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Ah, what he is; that is quite another thing. I have seen so many remarkable things in him, that if you would have me really say what I think, I shall reply that I really do look upon him as one of Byron's heroes, whom misery has marked with a fatal brand; some Manfred, some Lara, some Werner, one of those wrecks, as it were, of some ancient family, who, disinherited of their patrimony, have achieved one by the force of their adventurous genius, which has placed them above the laws of society. Alexander Dumas
Albert Einstein quote: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a clttered mind, Of what then..."
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a clttered mind, Of what then is an empty desk a sign? Albert Einstein
He knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance... He knows there's a painful side, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain. Ken Kesey
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me..."
I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I aminvincible. Mahatma Gandhi
What people don't understand is joining a gang ain't bad, it's cool, it's fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it's cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family's in the gang. We're not just killing people every night, we're just hanging out, having a good time. Snoop Dogg
I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet. Jim Gilmore
Harold Bloom quote: "(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely..."
(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious man turns to the idea of God. Harold Bloom
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like..."
It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time. Jeffrey Eugenides
Anthony Hopkins quote: "I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my..."
I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there. Anthony Hopkins
Ted Hughes quote: "There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come..."
There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood. Ted Hughes
George Washington Carver quote: "Anything will give up it's secrets if you love it enough."
Anything will give up it's secrets if you love it enough. George Washington Carver
I learned early on that war forms its own culture. The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug, one I ingested for many years. It is peddled by mythmakers- historians, war correspondents, filmmakers, novelists, and the state- all of whom endow it with qualities it often does possess: excitement, exoticism, power, chances to rise above our small stations in life, and a bizarre and fantastic universe that has a grotesque and dark beauty. Chris Hedges
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage. Taryn Manning
Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm. Knute Rockne
It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her clothes, the topics she chose to talk about, her opinions - they were all the same as before. Their relationship was like a pendulum gradually grinding to a halt, and he felt out of synch. Haruki Murakami