Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in unproductive moments. In productive ones try to make use of it as one more means of seizing life.Rainer Maria Rilke
Quotes to Explore
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
Beck -
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson -
I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
Samantha Shannon -
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston -
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
Madeleine L'Engle -
I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
K. A. Applegate
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
Urjit Patel -
Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
Tao Okamoto -
We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
Carlos Slim -
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
Barbara Smith -
I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
Daniel Boulud -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
Yael Stone -
From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
Olivia Wilde -
Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
Nate Diaz -
In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
Ted Cruz -
I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.
Caitlin Moran -
One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul.
Tahl Raz
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There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
Dwight L. Moody -
I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.
Daniel Radcliffe -
You can be a sophisticated person and still have really old ideas about what love is supposed to look like.
Marti Noxon -
The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.
Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel -
We don't have to feel negative about weeds. They're a part of life. We need to see them, acknowledge them, focus on the solution, and immediately do whatever it takes to eliminate their influence from our lives.
Anthony Robbins -
Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in unproductive moments. In productive ones try to make use of it as one more means of seizing life.
Rainer Maria Rilke