Ezra Pound Quotes
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.
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Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
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So I've learnt that the world is 4,500 million years old. If you're very religious, then it's not 4,500 million years old, it's 6,000 years old. One of these is not correct.
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His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.
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I'm a cat person.
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I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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Catching the light and falling into dark And the world fades out like an overheard remark...In the falling dark
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
