Djuna Barnes Quotes
After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.
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People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.
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It doesn't surprise me that aspect of the black nationalist movement, the cultural side, has triumphed because that is the aspect of the movement that was most commodifiable and when we look at the commodification of blackness we're looking at a phenomenon that's very profitable and it's connection with the rise of a black middle class I think is very obvious.
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Memories can be everything if we choose to make them so. But you are right: you mustn't do that. That is for me, and I shall do it.
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I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.
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I would have you imagine, then, that there exists in the mind of man a block of wax... and that we remember and know what is imprinted as long as the image lasts; but when the image is effaced, or cannot be taken, then we forget or do not know.
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After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
