Poe Ballantine Quotes
I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
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I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.
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I'm a great jazz fan.
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I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
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Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.
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I don't believe in changing the unchangeable.
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Environmental problems cannot be resolved here the way they are resolved in other countries. I heard that 80 per cent of the environmental problems in the U.S. are solved in court. That can't happen here.
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The theme of counterfeits, of those that produce and sell them, has always been part of the culture of M.I.A. When I was contacted by Versace, it seemed a great idea to invert the circle. Versace's designs have always been copied; now it's Versace that copies the copies, so those that copy must copy the copies. So this will continue.
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As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.
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Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
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I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
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I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
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I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.
