Vita Sackville-West Quotes
How subtle is the relationship between the traveler and his luggage! He knows, as no one else knows, its idiosyncrasies, its contents ... and always some small nuisance which he wishes he had not brought; had known, indeed, before starting that he would regret it, but brought it all the same.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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How often do we see a Muslim woman who is intelligent and independent, and has a voice of her own and is career-driven, on American TV?
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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There's a lot of judgement that can come from outside sometimes, and there's media scrutiny that is placed on a lot of women in the public eye, and I just couldn't care less. I really couldn't care less.
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At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.
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I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten; I want nothing missed.
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A lot of Wynonna is what I wish I could be. I don't like confrontation. I'm pretty polite. But I think she's the side of me that, if I could be free, that's who I'd be.
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If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same.
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Because gay people were so much more visible, violence against gays was more common and reported on. But they were definitely related to each other. In the wake of AIDS, gay people felt like they had to organize, become much more active and visible. AIDS fostered a gay rights movement that made gay people more powerful and more vulnerable at the same time.
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A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.
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How subtle is the relationship between the traveler and his luggage! He knows, as no one else knows, its idiosyncrasies, its contents ... and always some small nuisance which he wishes he had not brought; had known, indeed, before starting that he would regret it, but brought it all the same.
