Cesare Pavese Quotes
We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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Sometimes we have to take on jobs that we don't love, and I always encourage any creative person to use those as the fuel to do the things that you do love to do, even if they don't pay.
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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.
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I give away thousands of paintings for free.
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Jim Bakker. He's lost everything, he's ruined. And the worst thing of all he still has to wake up to her!
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I'm not a tyrant, but I can't afford to be merciful. Whatever it is necessary to do, I will do it.
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There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
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There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.
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I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.
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Holding still for a moment, what a moment this is, Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss
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We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
