Cesare Lombroso Quotes
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.
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The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.
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I'm looking for a world where love will no longer be extraordinary.
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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.
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Some terror in the swishing tall grass seemed added to that of the diabolically pounding sea, and I started up crying aloud and disjointedly, 'Tiger? Tiger? Is it Tiger? Beast? Beast? Is it a Beast that I am afraid of?'
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'What is the work of a Master?' said a solemn-faced visitor. 'To teach people to laugh,' said the Master gravely.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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The person who, let us say, expects generosity from a bank, efficient flexibility from a government agency, open-mindedness from a religious institution will be disappointed. In each purview the notions represent immorality. The poor fool might as quickly discover love among the mantises.
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Free men are the strongest men.
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People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.
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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand
