Erich Fromm Quotes

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

Erich Fromm

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DieWithoutBitterLivedIdea

The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good.

John Foster Dulles

GoodYouUpUnited NationsUnited

I have next to no interest in makeup as a thing in and of itself, and nothing stresses me out like Sephora's salespeople.

Andrea Seigel

MeMakeupNothingNextOutInterest

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

Stanley Kubrick

ManChooseCannotBe A ManHe

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Sophocles

TruthKnowledgeHelpHowDreadful

I have learned, as I get older, just to be who I am.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

I AmI Have LearnedGetJustOlder

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.

Steve Prefontaine

WorkHard WorkTimePeopleMeWorld

I listen to everything from Lady Gaga to Lady Antebellum. I've got Frank Sinatra. I've got old stuff, new stuff. Iggy Azalea. I've got everything.

Tracy Lawrence

LadyNewListenOldEverythingGot

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

Ron Rash

GoalsWorldPossibleSeeReaders

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

Milan Kundera

EffortThoughtNothingRuleGreater

I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what they're going to sound like. I just sing over what I've done.

Julia Holter

ThinkPlanDoneWayStorytelling

The corporate world has the resources to improve the world. It's where people live and work.

Douglas Conant

WorkLivePeopleWorldResources

A really hard lesson to learn is that most of the time, it's not about you.

Dawn Steel

TimeLearnYouLessonHardMost

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