Sergio Leone Quotes
America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.
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I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
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Every five years, I like to do a big birthday party. I had my 45th birthday with 75 friends in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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We have three centers: the emotional center, the intellectual center, and the physical body center. Each one of them has its own intelligence. How much better would we be if all three were working in unison?
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I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.'
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I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America.
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My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.
