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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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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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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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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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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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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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.
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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 was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.
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I am trying every genre.
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I have this desire to just while away weeks, months and years. It took me two years to make this record but that was with me trying to condense my process and not disappear down the rabbit hole with all the cool things I've collected. I could take 10 years and not explore everything I want to with these instruments.
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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.
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It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after.
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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.
