Samuel Beckett Quotes
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I was an English major in college!
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it's a good idea.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
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The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.
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I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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Strictly speaking, relativism does not permit social progress, because the new culture is by definition no better than the one it replaced.
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I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.
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The only people who are not interested in being the V.P. pick are the people who have not been asked!
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
