Rene Char Quotes
Imagination consists in expelling from reality several incomplete persons, and then using the magic and subversive powers of desire to bring them back in the form of one entirely satisfying presence.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
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As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on the inside, you can still look beautiful without any makeup at all.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
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I'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs.
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At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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For me a simple message, to think and act with courage, independence and imagination.
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When you're dealing with TV and with movies, people dont take it as serious as they do with music. If a rapper does a song about shooting people on the block, and goes into a restaurant or grocery store, people grab their purses because they're afraid the person is violent. With TV and movies, people know it's okay, it's just a script.
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Imagination consists in expelling from reality several incomplete persons, and then using the magic and subversive powers of desire to bring them back in the form of one entirely satisfying presence.
