Virginia Woolf Quotes
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.
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Midi is my hobby.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
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Frankly, I don't like publicity.
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I don't have so many things in the fashion world that interest me. It's probably because I am so deeply into it. Often when you go very deep into something, you also discover what it's about, and you understand it better. With the art world, I still have a lot of curiosity.
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Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.
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When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.
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An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex.
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So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down,So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around.From when I land to when I leavethere is enough time to sleep and sing.I keep running around, when all I want is to lay motionless.
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Be truthful, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting.
