Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.
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We must confront our own racism. Discriminatory housing and employment policies are nothing more than institutionalised racism.
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I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.
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Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
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Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working out how music was put together, and I was good at being at the back, but if you asked me to sing up front, then I looked like I was going to pass out.
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When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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I'm not on social media; I don't watch TV. I'm really out of it.
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The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.
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My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that.
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Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.
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I'd have to say that Muay Thai is something special. It's really demanding and it's becoming popular all around the world.
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An army is to a chief what a sword is to a soldier. It is only worth anything in so far as it receives from him a certain impulsion (direction and vigour).
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Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker.
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You see, there’s a fundamental connection between seeming and being. Every Fae child knows this, but you mortals never seem to see. We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.
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You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
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What a dull world if we knew all about geese!
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There’s nothing more fun than having a bad cold, feeling like death warmed up and trying to get a tax return together.
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If your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough.
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There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.
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Nada no es solamente nada. Es también nuestra cárcel.
