Gaston Bachelard Quotes
A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the "solitary situation", the situation of the dreaming solitude. In this solitude, memories arrange themselves in tableaux. Decor takes precedence over drama. Sad memories take on at least the peace of melancholy.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
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Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
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My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
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There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.
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Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters.
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Institutions should focus on educating against clashes of culture and the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace.
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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
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I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.
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A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the "solitary situation", the situation of the dreaming solitude. In this solitude, memories arrange themselves in tableaux. Decor takes precedence over drama. Sad memories take on at least the peace of melancholy.
