Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.
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You have to create something from nothing.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
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When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.
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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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There are so many immigrant-led success stories in the United States, and the fact that it's gotten so much harder for educated folks to stay here is really unfortunate.
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I just do what I'm here for and that's to make that music.
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We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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The roar of the crowd when you come out for a final is like nothing else: when 15,000 people are cheering you, a lot of adrenaline goes right through you.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's.
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Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed.
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For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.
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Their plan had been very simple: to stay together for the rest of their lives.
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Distances did nothing. It’s all here.
