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Spiritually, we're all on a path. I haven't declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you're identifying with a certain dogma. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first. ↗

— Walther Bothe

#always #because #demonstrate #example #first

Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system. ↗

— Lars Ulrich

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It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice. ↗

— Phyllis Bottome

#dangerous thing #idea #practice #thing #very

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them. ↗

— Phyllis Bottome

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The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#exhausting #lot #lying #quite #remember

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#also #battles #between #conflict #deeply

I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#looked #name #printed #saw #sheen

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#beautiful #certainly #images #important #influenced

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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