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- 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,…
- I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.
- What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.
- I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
- I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and…
- As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom,…
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- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong