Louise Glück Quotes
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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I don't judge my characters.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
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Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.
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It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
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I'm big into not drawing conclusions for people. I think that's what makes for the most exciting, compelling films. I get bored when the politics of the filmmaker are the subject of the film that I see.
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Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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Technological progress - and it is a pity more do not appreciate it - is the one sound approach to increased employment and higher wages. There is no other way. Irrespective of what is being said to the contrary, new industries can be created, present industries can be expanded, unemployment can be eliminated in a practical way
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C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is that actively encourages you to use simple and direct constructs.
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I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.
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Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
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I want to be successful in my return as a singer so I can buy a big building for my parents who have struggled a lot because of me.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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Roger Ailes champions women, whether it's Paula Zahn, who worked for Fox, Greta Van Susteren - we've always had a woman in primetime - Megyn Kelly, myself; I had a primetime show.
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Fear is often described as False Evidence Appearing Real.
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I preferred the simplest vocabulary.
