Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
The sun is a thief: she lures the sea and robs it. The moon is a thief: he steals his silvery light from the sun. The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon.
Quotes to Explore
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.
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When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.
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I believe that everybody has the right to view his or her own body as a palette. However, I think intellectuals should at least try to be role models.
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The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
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I grew up watching horror movies with my dad. For as long as I can remember. I grew up loving being terrified. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at sleepovers. Hiding behind my fingers.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.
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I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.
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I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.
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If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed?
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There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
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The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.
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The sun is a thief: she lures the sea and robs it. The moon is a thief: he steals his silvery light from the sun. The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon.
