D. H. Lawrence Quotes
Whales in mid-ocean, suspended in the waves of the sea great heaven of whales in the waters, old hierarchies. And enormous mother whales lie dreaming suckling their whale-tender young and dreaming with strange whale eyes wide open in the waters of the beginning and the end.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Do people ever ask me to say 'Wow?' Never in interviews, but a few times on the street. I don't do it. I try to get away from them as quickly as possible and explain that I'm not a performing seal.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.
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Although I am small, I am skilful. From the sea and the mountain, From the river's depth God gives His gifts to the blessed.
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When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.
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Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.
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Whales in mid-ocean, suspended in the waves of the sea great heaven of whales in the waters, old hierarchies. And enormous mother whales lie dreaming suckling their whale-tender young and dreaming with strange whale eyes wide open in the waters of the beginning and the end.
