Lafcadio Hearn Quotes
The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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I try to do my best.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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I get bored easily.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.
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In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original.
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I squander untold effort making an arrangement of my thoughts that may have no value whatever.
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Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.
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Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful and sorrow august and infinity have a form.
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Trade is a communication of cultures and values.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
