Gaston Bachelard Quotes
Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of souls!
Quotes to Explore
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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I'm no producer's kid.
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A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
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If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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One cabbie chastened me by saying that the fashion industry was doing harm to young people, who are trying to live up to an unrealistic ideal. It prompted me to make body image and diversity key issues on 'The Business of Fashion.'
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Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.
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I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.
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I need to learn to be happy and enjoy the achievement rather than already thinking about what I could have done better.
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What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.
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Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of souls!
