Malcolm Cowley Quotes
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
Quotes to Explore
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
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Regardless of what the record is, what the score is, you always go out there and compete.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
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Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.
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Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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I have all of the Apple products. Everything I've ever written, I've written on a Mac. My first computer, my roommates and I chipped in, and we got that first Macintosh - 128K. It had as much memory as a greeting card that plays music.
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I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization.
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The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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I have kind of an almost religious feeling about poets. I usually refuse to meet them because I admire them so much. Except for Poe.
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More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually.
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Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
