Alberto Moravia Quotes
There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent to one's feelings, to make confessions; from the instinct of economy which sometimes encourages a writer to make good use of even the smallest crumbs of his life, so that he may have one more book to publish; or again from vanity and self- satisfaction.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.
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The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.
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Mystery, speaking through mysteries. Insn't that meaning? Isn't that the conscious or unconsciousnes purpose of the compulsive urge to create?
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reported by Trudy Ring, 'Georgia Governor: 'License to Discriminate' Bill Isn't Christian,' The Advocate, March 3, 2016
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Joy is the best makeup.
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Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It is there all the time - and it is there all your life.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists don't know what causes it. ALS prevents your brain from talking to your muscles. As a result, muscles die. As a result, every 90 minutes people die. I am a person.
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Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?
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My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
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There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent to one's feelings, to make confessions; from the instinct of economy which sometimes encourages a writer to make good use of even the smallest crumbs of his life, so that he may have one more book to publish; or again from vanity and self- satisfaction.
