- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Live Quotes
Different ways of living, side by side.
This collection uses "live" as its thread but covers unusually varied ground — from reflections on how long humanity might last, to observations about wealth and poverty coexisting closely in Mexico. For quotes on love and connection, see Love quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. There's European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally say that my African experience has made me a better European.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and dream just like we do. That's not to say there are not a hell of a lot of problems in Africa. But there is also another side to that story.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without.
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to inland detention camps on grounds that they might be disloyal.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I live now is that I only write, which means that I'm very poor but very happy. Everything in my life is the way I want it to be.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like nice things; we do live in a great house, but I don't choose my friends by how much money they have or what labels they're wearing.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't live without my dark plum eyeliner. I use liquid because it's easier on my eyes.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.
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- Nov 07, 2020