Lawrence Durrell Quotes
He had at last discovered that love had no pith in it, and that the projection of one own's feelings upon the images of a beloved was in the long run, an act of self-mutilation.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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I've done a lot of roles where I'm the hero saving the planet.
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.
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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I got so anxious sitting in the make-up chair for hours with my face covered. I had my doctor write a prescription for valium. I couldn't have done it without the pill.
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He had at last discovered that love had no pith in it, and that the projection of one own's feelings upon the images of a beloved was in the long run, an act of self-mutilation.
