Virginia Woolf Quotes
Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now.
Quotes to Explore
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments.
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It's a big theme throughout my music to just embrace everything about your own mind and to always feel powerful. It's not just a feminine thing, but for men, too, whether they feel weak, or strong or crazy or reclusive. I want everyone to feel powerful no matter what little beasts they have in their head.
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The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.
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It's not hard to cut taxes.
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Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now.
