Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) Quotes
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid of, what it's trying to hide - then write that.
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Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
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The borderline between normal and schizophrenic people is broad and nearly imperceptible.
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Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.
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Living in New York City, I am reminded by the Statue of Liberty that the United States of America has always welcomed those yearning to breathe free and seek a better life.
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So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel.
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I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car.
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Food's delicate. You have to handle it with finesse. You can't just be a big ogre.
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I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty and Hank Williams.
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I'm not an oddball.
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I've learned to say, 'I'm a friend of Big Bird. He even taught me how to sound like him.'
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Today, there is a large scale corruption in Gujarat.
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My dad's idea of punishment was to dress me up in all green to disguise me as grass, and then throw me in the pasture. Cows bit me all over.
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The benefits of a healthy, thriving relationship may not be nearly as exciting as watching your career take off, but both aspects of your life are equally important.
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Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.
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To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.
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Robert Mapplethorpe asked me to write our story the day before he died. I had never written a book of nonfiction, and so it took me almost two decades to write that book.
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I have this whole section in my oyster book where I talk about how New Yorkers have gotten divorced from the sea and completely forget that they live by the sea, and I suggest that this happened when they lost their oysters.
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
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The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.
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To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
