Charlotte Mew Quotes
We are what we are, the spirit afterwards, but first the touch.
Charlotte Mew
Quotes to Explore
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Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
Eduard Shevardnadze
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I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.
Patricia Clarkson
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Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.
Maggie Rowe
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
W. G. Sebald
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I am fortunate to have the ability to lend my name to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne. It will be a state-of-the-art facility to help heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
Olivia Newton-John
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The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.
Wassily Kandinsky
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I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
Park Chan-wook
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The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
Said Nursi
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My first play was 'The Room', written when I was twenty-seven.
Harold Pinter
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When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.
Ilana Glazer
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Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Baltasar Gracian
