Elsa Triolet Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I try to do my best.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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The mind itself is of the form of all, i.e., of soul, God and world; when it becomes of the form of the Self through knowledge, there is release, which is of the nature of Brahman: this is the teaching.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it.
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New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
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When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
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The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
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My theory about why Hemingway killed himself is that he heard his own voice; that he reached the point where he couldn't write without feeling he was repeating himself. That's the worst thing that can happen to a writer.
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People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail.
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During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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In Vanya's family, silence had never meant surrender, only tactical retreat.
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That little, small voice in your mind and in your heart that makes you curious about being vegan is something you should listen to, because that’s the sound of your conscience making you be compassionate.
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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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I'm not really one for reading books. I have a very poor attention span. I'd rather listen to music, play games or watch films on my iPad.
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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
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Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow. Art should melt into and even merge with nature itself. This is obviously contrary to painting and sculpture based on nature. By so doing, art will rid itself more and more of self-centredness, virtuosity and absurdity.
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What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
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There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust.
