Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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My husband and I are just really laid back people.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
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I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.
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A relationship cannot survive the test of time without trust.
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I don't know if nature is a direct literary influence on my writing, but it is certainly important to me. I take great joy in writing about it. It is something I have taken with me from my childhood; the body exposed to the threat of the physical world and at the same time being at home in it.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
