Samuel Beckett Quotes
Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was, but that I was, forgot to be.
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But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.
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My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
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I could never ever say enough about Matt Amato. He has an indescribable presence; this warm, loving, serene calm with intense interest and excitement bubbling beneath his exterior.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
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Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
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I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
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Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
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I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.
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I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill.
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I was nervous about meeting Charlotte Rampling, as she's a proper legend, but she is just so sweet.
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As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.
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Plowboy: In your opinion, what are mankind's prospects for the near future?
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Mistaking no answers in practice for no answers in principle is a great source of moral confusion.
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We can invent only with memory.
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When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.
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A lot of people don't like to spend money on a journal because they're afraid to wreck it, which is understandable. I buy beautifully made leather-bound journals because I have lost my fear of the blank page.
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When I was a kid, my parents had a 900-pound television on top of a TV tray. My dad's theory was, 'Let him pull it on his head a few times, he'll learn. You wanna put a penny in the light socket? Try that out. OHH! Hurt like hell, didn't it? Don't do that no more.'
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Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.
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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was, but that I was, forgot to be.
