Eugenio Montale Quotes
Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli O'Hara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
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I'm tired of living in a police state.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.
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I've had such an odd career.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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I have busted more hippies' noses than all the narcs in the free world.
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The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.
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Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.
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When I was little, when I was a toddler or something, I would watch 'Jason's Lyrica' lot.
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I think everybody is covering their posteriors with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the fact that they should never have been in the White House in the first place. What happened in the election was completely corrupt.
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If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.
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The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
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Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.
