Adrienne Monnier Quotes
It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.
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I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar.
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The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!'
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me - The simple News that Nature told - With tender MajestyHer Message is committed To Hands I cannot see - For love of Her - Sweet - countrymen - Judge tenderly - of Me
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I know a lot of artists say, `If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like to kick them in the face.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.
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It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.
