Malcolm Cowley Quotes
They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two snowmobilers were racing up a hill and they weren't looking, so they caught me as I was going up the other side of the hill, and they smashed into me.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Offset is a boss.
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In general, fashion is decorative, it's protective, it acknowledges that the world does involve conflict, and you might be attacked by assumptions, presumptions, and attitudes.
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Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.
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In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.
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It’s good to be vulnerable in amongst the grandeur; you shouldn’t lose that sense of intimacy and vulnerability with people.
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They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
