Sadegh Hedayat Quotes
The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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The act of me just being robust in the world is so radical - it's so radical for a black woman to think she's going to be a star, because it takes so much to get there. It's still a battle every day, but I feel happy because I feel like I cracked the code and figured out how to work through it. Now I want to give the map to other women.
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The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it.
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Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.
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When we know what words are worth, the amazing thing is that we try to say anything at all, and that we manage to do so. This requires, it is true, a supernatural nerve.
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I remember listening to like gospel-y blues tunes. I'd just listen to the rhythm and the music was upbeat. Always upbeat if you get like a good rhythm you can nod your head. You just feel good. But then when you listen to the lyrics it was quite sad.
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The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.
