Franz Kafka Quotes
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The only power you have is the word no.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
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If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films.
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I would say I'm self-taught, but Corinne Day made me less conscious of myself. I was 15, and she'd make me take off my top, and I'd cry. After five years, you get used to it, and you're not self-conscious anymore.
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I'm like, over love. Crush, smush. I can't. I'm giving up on love at this point. I'm hoping for a crush. Actually, no. I don't want a crush. I want someone to crush on me.
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I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart.
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As an author, you think you know where the good parts and the bad parts are. And then you read to a group of children, and you learn when you're boring them, and you hurry through those sections to get to the parts where they're interested again. You start to get a sense of your story's rhythm and flow.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.
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We aren't consistent in our treatment of animals.
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Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.
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When I went to the Crash premiere I left before they showed the scene of me pulling over Thandie Newton in the car. It was too disturbing. It's a character up there, but I still see me.
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To animalise is humane, to humanise is animal.
