Freya Stark Quotes
To think to keep things as they are, is to let them move unpredictably, since nothing but death will still the beat of the heart or keep the universe from its perpetual motion.
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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I have an emotional attachment with Katihar.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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If you break up with a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're in this vulnerable state where you're still kind of half in the relationship with them, but you're single, and it takes a while to feel solid in yourself again.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.
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Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?
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All my work comes out of my life.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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To think to keep things as they are, is to let them move unpredictably, since nothing but death will still the beat of the heart or keep the universe from its perpetual motion.
