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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert Einstein
Steve Harvey quote: "I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some..."
I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something. Steve Harvey
What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him? Anthony Burgess
To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that. Jerry West
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I and a friend of mine called Mannon talked together, and we both decided to walk this journey. Satish Kumar
I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours. Pete Townshend
Elia Kazan quote: "I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm..."
I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. Elia Kazan
William S. Burroughs quote: "Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict;..."
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. William S. Burroughs
There is a lot of time between now and the fall term. There is a lot of time between now and the day after tomorrow if you want to put it that way ... Ernest Hemingway
They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'. Ivo Andric
John Adams quote: "Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose...."
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. John Adams
It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man. George Crook
Hayatn ve midin dman bir ortam iinde yazma eylemi kiinin kendi ipini ekmeden nce vasiyetini yazma isteinden baka bir ey olamyordu. Franz Kafka
Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love. Georges Bataille
Bell Hooks quote: "Being oppressed means the absence of choices"
Being oppressed means the absence of choices Bell Hooks