Leo Tolstoy Quotes
All our problems are caused by forgetting what lives within us, and we sell our souls for the 'bowl of stew' of bodily satisfactions.
Quotes to Explore
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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Never regret what you don't write.
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I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.
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We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.
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It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don't read anymore.
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Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.
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My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.
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I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
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Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.
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When Adam Smith was being incomprehensible, he didn't have the luxury of brief, snappy technical terms as a shorthand for incoherence.
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'Where the hell is Ronan?' Gansey asked, echoing the words that thousands of humans had uttered since mankind developed speech.
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When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.
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The concept of Shwopping is so clever, I think. The idea is that every time someone goes shopping, they can take an unwanted item of clothing and pop it in the recycling bin in their M&S store for Oxfam.
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New Orleans in an amazing town.
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I am a small-town girl.
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And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.
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In sixth grade, I went to a very good private school, and I did learn there. I learned how to read and write. If I had quit school in sixth grade, I would know as much as I know today and would have made one more movie. By the time I got to college, I was so bored and angry.
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Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.
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American Secretaries of State have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than anything Presidential or legislative that he achieved - still surprise a student of his personality.
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We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.
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All our problems are caused by forgetting what lives within us, and we sell our souls for the 'bowl of stew' of bodily satisfactions.
