Orhan Pamuk Quotes
I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.
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I describe a soulmate as a 'soul-nurturing mate' - someone who nurtures your soul - thereby promoting insight and growth.
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I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
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If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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To be rude to someone is not my nature.
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Do not deprive someone of his livelihood. This is a sinful tendency.
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If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.
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Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.
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I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.
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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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Anger burns everything. Don't simmer in anger it will burn you only.
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Art doesn't begin with a brush and a palette, but with the artist's ability to perceive life. You have to learn how to live before you can learn how to paint.
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Envy is an insult to oneself.
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One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.
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I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.
