Flemming Rose Quotes

#1. The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.

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#2. All that remains of our existence is not actually life but merely time.

Seneca.

#3. What's happening to me? he might have thought. What am I doing down here in the black?

Naomi Wood

#4. There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints will be labelled as heresy and blasphemy. Why? Because the society is built on religion - not freedom for all points of view.

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#5. If a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect, but for my submission.

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#6. If women don't like men staring at their chests, they shouldn't write on them.

Ron Brackin

#7. The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste of that, that Americans were going to get a taste of Japanese action.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

#8. The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.

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#9. Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts.

Kathy Mattea

#10. I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

Julie Andrews

#11. Remember, planning the future and reflecting on the past are valuable exercises, but doing this throughout your day interferes with what is in front of you - your present.

Travis Bradberry

#12. I could know ye all my life, I think, and always love you.

Diana Gabaldon

#13. I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it.

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#14. What is one man's hate speech is another man's poetry.

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