Carlos Varela Quotes
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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Before the scene, before the paragraph, even before the sentence, comes the word. Individual words and phrases are the building blocks of fiction, the genes that generate everything else. Use the right words, and your fiction can blossom. The French have a phrase for it - le mot juste - the exact right word in the exact right position.
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A goal is a dream with a deadline.
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I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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Humor is a part of spirituality.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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The number one thing I look for is personality. For me, the personality of someone makes them more and more attractive over time ... and for those with bad personalities, less and less attractive. I look for honesty, intelligence, kindness, and a good work ethic, to name a few.
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Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from the day I began trying to write songs. I've always had a lot to say. I'd always written poems.
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Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.
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CAROL: You don’t care for the music?JACQUE: Music! It’s just a gimmick to sell lutes and flutes.
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The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch and one on the throttle.
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I know it sounds strange but it’s true. I mean that you’re open to life. You’re open to being surprised. You’re open to being changed by life. Most of us lose that quality in our twenties. I don’t know how you’ve managed to hang on to it, but you have.
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Freedom only exists when it doesn't belong to anybody.
