C.P. Cavafy Quotes
Roses by the head, jasmine at the feet so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a night of sensual pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.

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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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I'm basically always writing. Why wouldn't I? I love it.
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You come out at night;That's when the energy comes.And the dark side's light,And the vampires roam.You strut your rasta wearAnd your suicide poemAnd a cross from a faithThat died before Jesus came.You're building a mystery.
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It's really up to me to speed up my learning curve as a player so I can contribute in a much bigger way night in and night out.
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Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.'
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Roses by the head, jasmine at the feet so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a night of sensual pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.