Vita Sackville-West Quotes
I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
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I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a book and see the whole outline of it.
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If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication, the food chains, and that can be a really bad day on Earth.
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I feel good with my slider a lot. When I'm far behind the count I use it ... so I feel confident with that.
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Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.
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I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.
