Galway Kinnell Quotes
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
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When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.
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As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.
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Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance.
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You know, I still live in my neighborhood. I live in Brooklyn and the same neighborhood, so I don't really get star treatment like that. I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood.
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We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.
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I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.
