Thomas Hardy Quotes
...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness.
Quotes to Explore
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.
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Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike becomes uniqueness and difference, from which I believe, the novel is born.
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We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.
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The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods.
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I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.
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Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.
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O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts not averse to being beguiled, Beguile us in the way you know. Release one leaf at break of day; At noon release another leaf; One from our trees, one far away.
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Anything that's signed by me on EBay is a forgery and not authentic.
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I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as a comedian to be recognized and successful.
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My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
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Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
