Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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I don't even think I'll see all of 'The Mist' until I'm 18. I'm going to the premiere, but I'll close my eyes during the scarier scenes.
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.
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The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
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'Everything is art. Everything is politics.'
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When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'
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To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
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What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed a vacuum. That was never going to happen.
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There are scenes here and effects here that would make George S. Patton wince.
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I think 'Never Land' is, like, my first really strong attempt to create music... that can encourage people who share my faith but also challenge and intrigue people who don't.
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I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see 'Tommy' when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it.
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Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment.
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But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It is the only love that nothing - not even misconduct on our part - can take away from us.
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And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
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My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.
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When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda.
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We've all got stardust in our bones...
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I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
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Authenticity is not an innate quality - that is, you are not born with it. Being an authentic leader is not something you can say about yourself; it must be attributed to you.
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And the rest is rust and stardust.
