Eugenio Montale Quotes
There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.
