Matsuo Basho Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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I always have my Laura Mercier foundation and concealer with me, and I love the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks. My favourite is shade 08, because it's just such a lovely natural colour with just a bit of pink to it.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.
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I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found my way and realized that wasn't me.
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After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.
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All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.
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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.
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By and large, I'm in the same boat as other inventors. If we're lucky, of the 10 or 15 items we do a year, maybe one or two of them wind up with a licensing agreement.
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The supporting powers of time air and of the wind depend on the shape of the surfaces used, and the best forms can only be evolved by free flight through the air.
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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that is comes early.
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Inviting artists to do something, you want it to be a place where they're going to feel challenged and excited and that will maybe open up some new doorway in their own lives or their own creative practice.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!
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Winter solitude - in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
