Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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New York apartments are notoriously small, and my cute little studio is no exception - space is at a premium, which is one of the reasons that I only have a mini-fridge. Great for leftovers, cheese, and chilling Diet Coke.
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I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.
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Art is jealous, and demands our whole strength ... .
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Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.
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How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology?
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I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.
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I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Everyone's got their problems and their demons, but when we get onstage and play as five, that really all goes away, and that's really all I look at.
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'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'
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Fear makes us stronger, puts us on our toes. We’ve got to embrace it. Issie
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It's an amazing feeling to feel that I was able to get a personal connection to the work, through the work of it. But I like the idea that I was able to tell a bunch of people's stories even though I didn't know them.
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I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid.
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My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird...
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I got a head of steam going when I picked his pass off and went the other way, ... It was just nice to get a win and get a couple of goals.
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The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.
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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
