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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War is the ultimate realization of modern technology.
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Lord - Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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I told my wife, 'One woman, lots of toys!'
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Angela King is a lovely person with a tremendous sense of art.
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If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States.
