Umberto Eco Quotes
But the purpose of a story is to teach and to please at once, and what it teaches is how to recognize the snares of the world.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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An enlarged global public society, with its many dissenting and corrective voices, can quickly call the bluff of lavishly credentialled and smug intellectual elites.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident. When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.
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True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
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I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have the best family and fans in the world!
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The only thing we have to give to the world is our own grasp on it.
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But the purpose of a story is to teach and to please at once, and what it teaches is how to recognize the snares of the world.
