Maxim Gorky Quotes
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I think people turn to poetry more often than they think they do, or encounter it in more ways than they think that they do. I think we forget the places that we encounter it, say, in songs or in other little bits and pieces of things that we may have remembered from childhood.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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I don't see myself ever selling Republic or AutoNation.
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Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.
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A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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I eat a bit too much; my teeth aren't perfect; I've got eye bags. I look like a normal 39-year-old woman - but in England, no one minds that.
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I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill.
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I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.
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I cook anything but chitlins.
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I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.
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It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.
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Blues is my life. It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and blues is what I always do.
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I think that Canada is one of the most impressive countries in the world, the way it has managed a diverse population, a migrant economy. The natural beauty of Canada is extraordinary. Obviously there is enormous kinship between the United States and Canada, and the ties that bind our two countries together are things that are very important to us.
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If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States.
