Anna Kavan Quotes
Because of my fear that the daytime world would become real, I had to establish reality in another place.
Quotes to Explore
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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On the Web, we can be whoever we wish to be, editing the face we show to others in ways that aren't possible in physical space. We can also fine-tune the complexity and depth of our interactions and relationships.
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?
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It's important to keep your power and not give it up.
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As I don't know what life would be like without my Chaplin connections, I work with them. I'm just really happy it's a family I can be proud of; it's not as if I'm related to some Z-list celebrity.
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The U.S. has been in control of the domain names of the Internet since its inception. If we relinquish this control, it goes possibly to the U.N.
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I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find a way of making what you do sound fresh and new each time.
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The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems.
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The worse enemy lies withen the self
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One of the effects of religions getting together is that they borrow from one another. An example is the growing number of Catholics who are practicing Yoga and meditation techniques borrowed from Buddhism and Hinduism. So there are these borrowings which I think fertilize the religions.
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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No matter how difficult the trial... we can take comfort in knowing that others before us have borne life's most grievous trials and tragedies by looking to heaven.
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Art is meant to strike us with Reality, not allow us to hide from it.
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Because of my fear that the daytime world would become real, I had to establish reality in another place.
