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 actually have to consciously stay away from CNN and MSNBC because it will rot my brain and start having me agree with them as they have an argument between the right and the far right while making it seem they are righteous torch-bearers for democracy. Corporate media is insidiously numbing!
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Portland has influenced me in that it is very much where I feel most "at home" in the world. I grew up there. My family is there, my closest friends are there; my favorite bookstore, record store and coffee joint are there. Portland changed a lot during the eight years I lived in Bellingham but, every time I went back, it always felt like home.
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Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius.
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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
