James Joyce Quotes
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.
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Jeff Bodine was saying that when he gets depressed, that he cleans house.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
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Man Ray... loved games and absolutely knew about the camera. It is interesting to note that, although I used him in only about 10 percent of the photographs and videotapes, most people think of him as omnipresent in my work. It irked me sometimes to be known only as the guy with the dog, but on the other hand it was a thrill to have a famous dog.
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Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.
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It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.
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The fragrant hair,Falling as through the silence falleth nowDusk of the air.
