August Kleinzahler Quotes
There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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I love to fly so much.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.
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I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have.
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I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. People would come by on the street - you live in Time Square, you know how they do it - they would bunch up. And they would always compliment me on gospel tunes, but they would tip me when I played blues.
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You should stop asking your politicians how they’re gonna do it.
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You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.'
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I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'
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If you don't believe you don't belong.
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A lot of people think about food as fuel, where you need to get nutrients in your body.
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One's roused by this, another finds that fit: Each loves the play for what he brings to it.
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Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are the people I look up to. They are quality film-makers making interesting, controversial, ground-breaking movies with very little eye on the marketplace.
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HBO spent a huge amount of money on 'Game Of Thrones,' and it won't be able to keep spending the money if it can't make it back from people watching it legitimately. It will have an effect on the quality of the programme.
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There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.
