Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.

Vance Joy
- People
- Song
- Weird
You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.

Nancy Roman
- Up
- Time
- Long
The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.

Calvin Johnson
- World
- Nature
- Team
I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.

Ed Weeks
- People
- Kid
- Holidays
There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.

Jacob deGrom
- Good
- Home
- Couple
I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.

Natalie Imbruglia
- Growing
- Old
- Growing Old