G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.
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People in Texas wear cowboy hats; they're good at keeping the sun off your neck and face.
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Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the right to choose. Let's not build a fence across the border.
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I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not! I would hope that you would appreciate the fact that you were entertained for 119 hours even if you didn't love the finale.
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The great challenge before the IITs is to act as a catalyst in the growth of quality technical education in the country.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.
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Many businesses oppose any government mandates, even if they are already following them.
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On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
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All the culture war issues will be settled by the court.
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For me, personally, I watch pretty much everything on Netflix, and I watch all the episodes in a row, when I can.
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But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor Of Earth, and up to Heav'n's unopening Door You gaze To-day, while You are You - how then To-morrow, You when shall be You no more?
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Nothing reopens the springs of love so fully as absence, and no absence so thoroughly as that which must needs be endless.
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Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.
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My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in.
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I go to bed early, and normally before I do, I have a tea - it's a special tea that my doula gave me, and it takes about 25 minutes to make!
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'Wouldn't you like to come in and have a cup of tea and dry off?''Lady, don't you realize that we don't even have time to pull up our shorts?''Pull up your shorts?''YES, PULL UP OUR SHORTS!' I screamed at her and walked off into the wall of water.
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I like being in my New York bubble. It's the best bubble!
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
