Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.
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On a Terrence Malick set, your thoughts are his voice. You think you're thinking, but actually he's thinking for you. He speaks to you, and he's the voice in your mind.
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For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.
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I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.
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I want our party to step up its efforts to reflect and champion the concerns of everybody who has reached the second half of their lives.
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We have friends in Italy who have these old stoves, and they turn out the most beautiful food. All you really need is time, the best ingredients, and love.
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When I was a kid, I loved figure skating. But in Mexico, they kind of push you toward hockey.
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My job is to put as many ideas out there as possible every day. Some of them will get traction, some won't - some of them shouldn't.
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Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.
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There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from it.
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I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.
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I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
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I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.
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I love meeting contributors and hearing how we inspire them to create art. I'm also proud of creating hundreds of jobs.
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So far there is no evidence for increased chance of human-to-human transmission.
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Even though modern life in many ways is nothing short of exhausting, we need to take responsibility for what is necessary to combat the stress and exhaustion of modern life.
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I don't tweet or do any other social media, so I don't know what's being said out there.
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As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.
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It’s just that everything is so . . . unreliable lately.” “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water,” he said. “Is that a quote?” He nodded. “Rabindranath Tagore. He’s a great writer. You should read him.
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The world stood pinned on two thorns. One was ugliness. One was beauty. The truth did not lie in the middle or at either extreme. The truth encompassed both.
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I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel.
