Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
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In 'A Poetics of Optics,' Equi writes that 'all images bank on alchemy.' This idea captures her fundamental sense of poetry as turning common material into something rare and valuable.
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Isn't he Bush the worst president ever? I mean, when his term is over, he has to walk back to Texas.
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one of the appropriate moments to make this clear.
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Every one starts out being an atheist.
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Hatred will never be erased! The only thing you can do... is erase the ones you hate. - Hakuryuu
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What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!
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What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?
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The real practice of love goes beyond satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Wallowing in pleasure can be just as limiting as wallowing in pain if you don't open your heart beyond the satisfaction of your personal emotional needs.
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Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.
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A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.
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Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
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Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects.
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I think I can finally say I am at my most confident and comfortable out there, physically.
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The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.
