Francesca da Rimini Quotes

The few remaining truths are graffiti, suicide notes, shopping lists.

Francesca da Rimini

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• The amygdala is one of those brain structures that a lot of people know a little bit about, and there's a definite tendency to conflate the amygdala and the fear response itself - as if the amygdala, and the amygdala alone, 'causes' fear.

  

  Sam Kean
  • People
  • Fear
  • Alone

• You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.

  

  Garth Ennis
  • Book
  • Question
  • Chance

• I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Christianity
  • Out
  • Did

• Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Gun

• Tony Orlando is one of the nicest guys I have ever met - bar none - in my entire life. I was always a fan when I was a kid - you know, huge fan. Who wasn't a fan of Tony Orlando?

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Life
  • Know
  • Always

• For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Good
  • Art
  • Serious

• I'm looking forward to losing the long locks at some point. But it's been fun, and I do enjoy it.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Long
  • Fun
  • Losing

• Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Parents
  • Health
  • Responsibility

• I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.

  

  Yehudi Menuhin
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Body

• I want to serve the people.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • Want
  • Serve

• As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages.

  

  Garry Hynes
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Opinion
  • Matters
  • Insane

• It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Know
  • Problem
  • Yes

• That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Stop
  • Myself
  • Football

• I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.

  

  Sam Smith
  • People
  • Alone
  • Feel

• I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light from the West. It helps me keep perspective.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Earth
  • Light
  • Water

• Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • You
  • Film
  • Horror

• It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Up
  • Book
  • Funny

• Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • War
  • Death
  • Fear

• Suicide is kinda dumb to me. If I wanna kill myself I will. It's not hard to die, I could do it like right now. But why is everybody pretending like everything's ok, Everything's not ok. We are more connected than we've ever been, But I feel more alone than I've ever been.

  

  Donald Glover
  • Why
  • Die
  • Alone

• If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Angel
  • Student
  • Truths

• The Loden in Vancouver, where I stayed when I was filming 'The Arrow,' is a family-run hotel with a fantastic restaurant, great facilities, and brilliant people.

  

  Colin Salmon
  • People
  • Great
  • Family

• The few remaining truths are graffiti, suicide notes, shopping lists.

  

  Francesca da Rimini
  • Suicide
  • Truths
  • Notes