Nathanael West Quotes
No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot.
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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We can't continue to take from our planet the way we do and not give anything back, and the idea of, 'Oh, but it's fine, I won't have to deal with it in my lifetime,' well, you need to think about the future generations who will have to deal with it.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran?
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When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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Probably the most common question I get is, 'Who's your dream guest?' That's kind of annoying because there isn't one.
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You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
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When we dream about those who are long since forgotten or dead, it is a sign that we have undergone a radical transformation and that the ground on which we live has been completely dug up: then the dead rise up, and our antiquity becomes modernity.
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The Kennedys tried to avoid using the big U-shaped table, but when they couldn't, they had several tricks - including keeping the flowers simple - to keep it from appearing overly stiff and formal.
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It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.
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No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot.
