Gaston Bachelard Quotes
True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
Quotes to Explore
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
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When a pointed question is beaten back with an attack or threat of, 'How dare you...' it's a reliable signal that deception is involved. Trump is a master at this.
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I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.
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A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.
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Once you reach a certain age, you're either slowly dying or slowly being reborn. I want to choose the latter.
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Does the sweet morning rise,Bride-like, from sleep,When their first revelriesBird and bee keep,Singing out joyouslyIn the green tree ?Then, when my hopes are high,Think I of thee.
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It's too hard to present an opinion on something that's not true to who you are. It's much easier to base opinions and debates off of fact and your true heart on things. To me that just comes quite naturally, and it's also about being open to what the debate is about and hearing the other side.
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True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
