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Stefan Zweig Quotes

The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: austrian
Birth: November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942

Topics

Free Party Earth Independent Will

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

Life Reading Short Quiet Being None

Obviously, if some young girl wants my advice and wants me to be her mentor, I would be very happy to offer that. But I don't really see myself as a coach.

Girl Myself Happy Me Advice Mentor

We didn't roll credits after 'Monday Night Raw.' You know, it didn't say, 'Stone Cold Steve Austin played by Steve Austin,' so all of a sudden people think that's who and what you are 24/7, you know, 365 days a year.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Monday People Night Cold Think Year

The U.S. museums weren't looking at my paintings at all - they hated them, irredeemably. People metaphorically threw up when they saw my work! They thought I was enlarging comics, or just copying them.

Roy Lichtenstein

Work People Looking Thought Museums

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

Mike Krzyzewski

Beauty Teamwork Me Selfless Acting

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

Conflict Create Drama Try Always

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Christopher Hitchens

Impossible Terrorism Demanding Tactic

I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest - I don't want to have to act like a heavy to be taken seriously, and I resent that I have to be so pushy and political sometimes just to do my job.

Girl Job Political Nice Sometimes

People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.

War People Think You Understand Try

I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.

Hero Animal You House Three Need

My objective with strategy is to be very repetitive, to be somewhat boring, to allow people to coalesce behind a common direction.

People Direction Strategy Boring

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.

Sports Moving On Safety Team Moving

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