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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It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!
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No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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No man is wise or safe, but he that is honest.
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Traveling in India gives you a chance to observe a renaissance.
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The New York Times reports that Moammar Gadhafi spent his last days hovering between defiance and delusion, surviving on rice and pasta. In other words, Gadhafi spent his last days as a sophomore in college. That's what I did.
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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.
