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"I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it."
"I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have to sing for their supper ever like to be described truthfully - not in print anyway. We need to sell tickets, so we need good reviews."
"If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred."
"We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen."
"No production without a need. But consumption reproduces the need."
"Culture is being threatened when all worldly objects and things, produced by the present or the past, are treated as mere functions for the life process of society, as though they are there only to fulfill some need, and for this functionalization it is almost irrelevant whether the needs in question are of a high or a low order."
"Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them."
"One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book."
"Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring."
"When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return."
"You do not need to be fixed. You are not broken. You have never been broken. You are not in parts. These are just thoughts. These are just beliefs. Accept your self, where you are in this moment. Accept your wholeness. That is freedom."
"And what you need ironically. Will turn out what you want to be. If you just let it."
"People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like."
"Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity."
"People need routines. It's like a theme in music. But it also restrictsyour thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It structures your priorities and in some cases distorts your logic."
"I need to go where I feel loved."
"You don't need anyone's permission to be exactly who you want to be"
"That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now."
"The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man."
"We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts."
