Rene Char Quotes
What can be seductive about the eternal nothing is that the finest day is indifferently this one or any other like it.
Quotes to Explore
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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I couldn't get a date, but I couldn't be quite sure how unattractive I'd become. I was still friendly; I made jokes, and in my mind, if I saw a woman smiling at me... I still had a chance. I did not.
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
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I can't dance.
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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
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I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.
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My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And they're all shows that are groundbreaking. I guess in the back of my head, I think, If you're not being groundbreaking, then what are you doing? If you're not being ballsy and honest and vulgar, then what are you doing?
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Men always like what the ladies like.
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The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note.
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I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
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I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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What can be seductive about the eternal nothing is that the finest day is indifferently this one or any other like it.
