Amor Towles Quotes
I have been writing since I was a kid. I also traveled a good deal for my work and did extended stays in places like Geneva.
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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Simple, I don't like the word simple. I like easy better. I want to forget about the technique. I sweat and worry but I don't want it look like that; but you can’t separate the artist and his technique.
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Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.
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I once drove a pair of horses from New York to Vicksburg, and to this day I can almost map out that country as I saw it then, with its hills and valleys, villages and rivers. Yes, I naturally attribute something of my success in railroad building to the interest I take in such things.
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We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.
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I have been writing since I was a kid. I also traveled a good deal for my work and did extended stays in places like Geneva.
