Cesare Pavese Quotes
Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes.
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I like to have sleepovers.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish.
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I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.
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Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.
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I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus
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He has had to make a few adjustments. He sacrifices himself for the team.
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Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
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There are always too few perfect breasts in this world; leave yours alone.
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If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.
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Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour.
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None who has passed through the portals of UAA has been a failure. From the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to Lakshmi, Cho, Nagesh, Moulee, Srikanth, ARS and I, all have been a part of UAA.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look. Truth is all there is. It's like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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The first generation of school reformers I talk about - nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, Catharine Beecher - they are true believers in their vision for public education. They have a missionary zeal. And this to me connects them a lot to folks today, whether it's education activist Campbell Brown or former D.C. public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. It's a righteous sense, a reform push that's driven by a strong belief in a particular set of solutions.
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To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.
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I grew up in Rhode Island. Most of my family on both sides is from Rhode Island.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.
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Ah! That must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner.
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Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes.
