Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the head of the government should not exceed a postage stamp in size. No torture and no executions. No music, except coming through earphones, or played in theaters. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of art.
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Let's make Jeb Bush explain his plan to give millionaires another massive tax cut.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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Political correctness kills discussion.
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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.
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The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.
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I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
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After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have to have an understanding and insight of the human condition that is informed and motivated by a desire to immerse yourself in the human world and bring these stories to bear.
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My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances don't always come.
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The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the head of the government should not exceed a postage stamp in size. No torture and no executions. No music, except coming through earphones, or played in theaters. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of art.
