Cesare Pavese Quotes
Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
Quotes to Explore
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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Love can never be fully explained.
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I want to love life.
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I love having critics for breakfast.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
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Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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I would love to have played Gollum.
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Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
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The morning is always my best time of the day for writing because that's when my head is best.
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In the old days, money controlled politics. Today, information controls politics. So I think with the advent of the Internet, the power of wealth has been diminished. Look up all the people you know who spent millions and millions of dollars and fell short.
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There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the cliffs, where love was more intense because it seemed like a shipwreck.
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I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.
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There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.
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My ties and ballasts leave me - I travel - I sail - My elbows rest in the sea-gaps. I skirt the sierras. My palms cover continents - I am afoot with my vision.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
