C.P. Cavafy Quotes

Try to keep them, poet, those erotic visions of yours, however few of them there are that can be stilled. Put them, half-hidden, in your lines.

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• I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.

  

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• It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.

  

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• The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

  

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• Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

  

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• Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.

  

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• You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.

  

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• The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.

  

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• I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.

  

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• Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

  

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• People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.

  

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• I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

  

  Carly Fiorina
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• I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.

  

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• Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.

  

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• I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.

  

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• I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

  

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• At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.

  

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• I believe the second largest concern in the community, besides moving out of downtown, is fragmenting the county services. People want one-stop shopping. People like all their service related things together, and we need to think about simplifying not fragmenting that. I've talked with several judges and they would like to see the courts together with a common jury pool.

  

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• I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're supposed to say, and all the exercises you're supposed to do.

  

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• The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage.

  

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• Try to keep them, poet, those erotic visions of yours, however few of them there are that can be stilled. Put them, half-hidden, in your lines.

  

  C.P. Cavafy
  • Trying
  • Vision
  • Erotic