Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
When you go to bed, don't leave bread or milk on the table: it attracts the dead.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God and Man at Yale.'
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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
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I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I don't consider myself a fashion designer.
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Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted... whatever it is, share it.
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I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.
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I think human nature is eternal and constant.
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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
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I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.
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In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
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I want to have more original-screenplay Oscars than anybody who's ever lived! So much, I want to have so many that - four is enough. And do it within ten films, all right, so that when I die, they rename the original-screenplay Oscar 'the Quentin.' And everybody's down with that.
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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It's unbelievable. But I've never been to a pro football game. I've never been to a pro hockey game, either. I guess I'm not much of a sports fan.
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One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way.
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I was Chairman Mao's dog. What he said to bite, I bit.
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Look for good things about where you are, and in your state of appreciation, you lift all self-imposed limitations - and all limitations are self-imposed - and you free yourself for the receiving of wonderful things.
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It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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Whatever you've accomplished there's always more to experience.
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When you go to bed, don't leave bread or milk on the table: it attracts the dead.
