Cesare Pavese Quotes
But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we'd lose them.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
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Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug.
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There are no ordinary moments.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
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When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
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I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.
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The notion of innate knowledge (including moral knowledge) is rejected, but that of moral sensitivities is accepted.
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If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.
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Every day I am trying to improve my life.
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The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
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But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we'd lose them.
