T. S. Eliot Quotes
There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Growing up, I think I always had a sense of art: a sense that there was poetry in the world. I didn't know where I was going to find it. I didn't know where I was going to fit in, that was for sure. But I kept moving forward. There wasn't a future in anything other than movement.
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Swing dance has been a part of my life since I was born.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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So turn it on, turn it up, and sing a longThis is real; this is your life in a song.Yeah this is country music.
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There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
