Eva Hoffman Quotes
The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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She's anything but typical;She's so unpredictable.Oh but even at her worst it ain't that bad.She's as real as real can beAnd she's every fantasy.Lord she's every lover that I've ever had.And she's every lover that I've never had.
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Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
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Ricky: You are the strangest man alive.
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Progress' constant companion is nostalgia for the way things used to be.
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Die nächste Flut verwischt den Weg im Watt, und alles wird auf allen Seiten gleich; die kleine Insel draußen aber hat die Augen zu; verwirrend kreist der Deichum ihre Wohner, die in einem Schlaf geboren werden, drin sie viele Welten verwechseln schweigend, denn sie reden selten, und jeder Satz ist wie ein Epitaph
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'You’re just getting old.' She gave a dramatic sigh. 'Truly, all the more’s the tragedy; the second thing to go is a man’s memory.'
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It was here at the age of seventeen that I suspended my religious inquiries.
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I was a halfway-decent-looking English boy who looked nice in a drawing-room standing by a piano.
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It is a wonderful but daunting task that has fallen on me to say few words by way of opening this Forum, the greatest concourse of women (joined by a few brave men!) that has ever gathered on our planet. I want to try and voice some of the common hopes which firmly unite us in all our splendid diversity.
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I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
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One final thing a director needs: The ability to say 'I am wrong' or 'I was wrong.' Not as easy as it sounds. But in many situations, these 3 words, honestly spoken, will save the day.
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The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.
