Emile Augier Quotes
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.
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Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
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But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were.
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It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
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The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash, but regular people in cars don't want to be uncomfortable even for a minute.
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Everything is out there waiting for you. All you have to do is walk up and declare yourself in. No need for permission. You just need courage to say, 'Include me'. Providing you have the energy to pull it off you can do what you like.
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I told my dentist I want a tooth to match the others. He gave my one with four cavities.
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It's (The Cult) always been me and Ian, and it always will be. We're a little wiser, but just as pissed off as we ever were.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.
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I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.
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One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road.
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The sluices of the grog-shop are fed from the wine-glasses in the parlor, and there is a lineal descent from the gentleman who hiccoughs at his elegant dinner-table to the sot who makes a bed of the gutter.
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Homesickness for the gutter.
