Bohumil Hrabal Quotes
I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful bathed in twilight, all streets, all squares, and all the people walking through them; I even had the feeling that I was a handsome young man, and I liked looking at myself in the mirror, watching myself in the shop windows as I strode along, and even when I touched my face, I felt no wrinkles at my mouth or forehead.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.
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I love to conduct opera.
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Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
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I think being able to really fall in love with someone is the craziest thing that could ever happen. You know, allowing yourself to really go there and really feel those things is extremely scary.
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Foo, a beautiful gal wastes her time gracin' up this swamp.
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As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old.
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Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
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I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
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My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
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I am obsessed by people. Usually I try to get the girl out of the model instead of the model out of the girl.
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When I started at Baruch in January 2002, I was almost 23 years old. I'd previously spent five years as an officer the Israeli Navy. I did what I thought you were supposed to do at that age - a little studying and a lot of trying to have fun.
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I've got a soft spot for true individuals.
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When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.
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The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
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Men never get free from morality, only women.
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I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful bathed in twilight, all streets, all squares, and all the people walking through them; I even had the feeling that I was a handsome young man, and I liked looking at myself in the mirror, watching myself in the shop windows as I strode along, and even when I touched my face, I felt no wrinkles at my mouth or forehead.
