Anthony Burgess Quotes
Mr Raj had been purely Orientally and fancifully complimentary (‘So great a man, his lingam as long and thick as a tree, the father of whole villages’).
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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My father was a socialist, so he would have thought that I shouldn't be a dame.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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I'm so damn boring. I like reading and writing and making coffee. And walking. Barry Jenkins likes long walks.
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I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.
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I married a man whose Hindu father grew up in the rural north of India and whose Jewish mother grew up in the Bronx.
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All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.
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For a long time, I've had a recurring dream - I dream I don't have to write any more, that I'm free. I'm not free, alas; I'm still clearing the same terrain, with the impression that it's never finished.
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I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.
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I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.
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In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not.
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What my day is like depends on where I am.
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Nicht jene, die streiten, sind zu fürchten, sondern jene, die ausweichen.
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Mr Raj had been purely Orientally and fancifully complimentary (‘So great a man, his lingam as long and thick as a tree, the father of whole villages’).
