Christina Stead Quotes
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
Ramana Maharshi
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There are people who wonder if faith is real. I can tell you, in my family there is not a second of doubt.
Ted Cruz
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I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
Imelda May
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A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is unbecoming in an artist to talk about inspiration; that is the reader's business.
W. H. Auden
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Yet now, as he roared across the night sky toward an unknown destiny, he found himself facing that bleak and ultimate question which so few men can answer to their satisfaction. What have I done with my life, he asked himself, that the world will be poorer if I leave it.
Arthur C. Clarke
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I will sleep all day; I love staying in bed with my dog and reading and not getting up and checking my phone. And that gets me into trouble because I have things to do, and that's not very productive.
Brittany Snow
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Sheer brilliance needs to be expressed properly.
Akkineni Nagarjuna
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It's a particular skill, I think, doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music.
Lisa Hannigan
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
Tamara Tunie
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I tell my students based on my experiences in Hollywood, sure, you can always move to L.A. and try to work with the system, and people do that, but chances are if you want your story in film with characters of color, you will have to make that movie yourself. Find a way to make it yourself. Not just screenwriters, but also producers.
Tananarive Due
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I like to portray things as close to the bone as possible.
Aneurin Barnard
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Money goes where money is, money yearns where money is.
Christina Stead