Johanna Siguroardottir Quotes

Egalitarian policies are the best way to unite and empower people, and are also a necessary counterweight to the sometimes detrimental influence of market forces.

Johanna Siguroardottir

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I have to strip away all the layers when I'm writing the song. I have to cut through all these layers of years of putting up walls and putting protective layers around myself.

John Grant

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The two most important things is, one, the music in my life, and the family. It's somehow connected because music is about human beings, about love, about hate, about everything that happens in life.

Andris Nelsons

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As much as we complain about it, though, there's part of us that is drawn to a hurried life. It makes us feel important. It keeps the adrenaline pumping. It means I don't have to look too closely at my heart or life. It keeps us from feeling our loneliness.

John Ortberg

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Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

Robert Half

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The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years.

Stephen Hawking

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A lot of people in Islamic countries are taking it as a personal offense when people are talking about the violence against women in their culture.

Sibel Kekilli

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It would be really dangerous for us to assume that Christian hip-hop's popularity equals racial unity.

Trip Lee

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I'm actually in a tradition of classicists with a big public face who like sounding off.

Mary Beard

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Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.

Mike Birbiglia

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I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

Michelangelo Antonioni

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The notion that we have even one single veteran living on the streets should be just considered a travesty to all of us.

Michelle Obama

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When I'm done with all of this, I'm going to write a book on it: have a guide to having a life and being on the road. Especially having a family and being on the road.

Dierks Bentley

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