Michael Ondaatje Quotes
She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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If I had my way, the woman I marry, she wouldn't be a part of Twitter and she wouldn't be on Facebook.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing.
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I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.
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For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
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If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.
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The best thing about art is that it is the one luxury in life that can be enjoyed by everyone. And it lasts forever.
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Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.
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Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.
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This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
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You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble. Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.
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The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
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He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
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She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.
