Mary Astell Quotes
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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God is everywhere.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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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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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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The men were all scumbags, but the whole point of the film is to show the development of that. Each guy is going in there to have a good time. By and large, these men are career men, family men, and you just see the deterioration of them.
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A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. On Winter they will not exist. One is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience.
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The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
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I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak before they read and write. The more you understand of music - how harmony and time signatures work, and what chords and inversions are - the more you'll enjoy it.
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Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy.
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With any film, you're doing basically the same thing. You're trying to translate ideas into action.
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We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
