Odysseas Elytis Quotes
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed me to a way of thinking - about experimentation, about what you believe to be true and how you could prove it - and how to approach things in a methodical manner.
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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
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I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.
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To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
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I never forget,” Myrnin said in a choked whisper. “Certainly not with your nails in my throat. They’re quite an excellent mnemonic device.
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I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.
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Mahindra is a very natural fit for me. Firstly it is a product that is owned, operated and managed out of India. So there’s that great connection to that link between Australia and India.
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You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
