Witold Gombrowicz Quotes
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.
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I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.
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Anything looks good if you've got the body of a Victoria's Secret model and the porelessly smooth skin-tone of a piece of glass.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
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The problems faced by writers of color are analogous to the problems face by women writers.
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A founder plays a magical role at the company: they invented or, as in my case, co-invented it. If and when a founder walks out the door, there is something spiritual that walks out the door, too.
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I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a message, but if it doesn't have emotional effect or visceral effect.
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Without any doubt, I am striving for power.
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I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.
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I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.
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I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'
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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.
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I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down.
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To be clear, any abortion that takes place is one too many. But if it has to take place, then I think it should be available, and it should be available in a safe way.
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When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.
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People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace.
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I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved.
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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
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There is nothing more attractive that a woman who is sure of herself.
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Don't be fooled by your own wisdom
