Edmond Jabes Quotes
How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)
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We, after a certain age, after college, are so consumed about what we want to achieve in life, and we fiercely are ambitious and we go after that, but sometimes we tend to take all our loved and dear ones for granted.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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I've never personally been anorexic.
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I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.
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I have carried bills concerning Sudan. I've carried bills concerning Congo. I've carried bills concerning North Korea and Iran and Iraq.
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Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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There's a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos - people connect to the art on a different level. But it's also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up close, you notice the sharp angles, but when you back away, the corners blend into curves.
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My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'
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There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
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I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla lily elongations. God made my soul into an ornamental thing.
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We were created to look at one another, weren't we.
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For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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The problems that you see startups tackling are dramatically different in different cities. Silicon Valley is unlikely to produce the same set of companies as New York or Cleveland because the region has a different set of strengths and defining institutions.
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I'm a creative person. I love to write, I love to act, I love to perform, I love to create things with my hands, so I do all of these things that are kind of like hobbies in a way. They're things that I love, so it's not like a work-life balance; it's just a work-life marriage.
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How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)
