Sarah Kane Quotes
To create something beautiful about despair or out of a feeling of despair is for me the most hopeful life affirming thing a person can do
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information.
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I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world.
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As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.
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Philosophies change by the day while God never changes, simply because, being perfect, He does not have to change!
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If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
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In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.
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Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.
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When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.
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I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat.
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It doesn't take much to make me happy.
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There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bushs presidency that his gracelessness as well as his appetite for war were linked to his impatience with complexity. He acted from the gut, and was economical with the truth until it disappeared.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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Possessions are usually diminished by possession.
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All of the great leaders down through history have told us we become what we think about. In fact, they have been in complete and unanimous agreement on this point while they disagree on almost every other point. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people rarely think, they simply accept what they see or hear. The next time someone gives you a suggestion, rather than simply accepting and acting on the suggestion - THINK - exercise your reasoning factor. Ask yourself if the suggestion will improve the quality of your life.
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To create something beautiful about despair or out of a feeling of despair is for me the most hopeful life affirming thing a person can do
