Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform moves are resisted. Bureaucrats are hesitant to take bold decisions.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.
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I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for.
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Its designers drew inspiration from three related traditions: the architecture of the Mughals' central Asian homeland; the buildings erected by earlier Muslim rulers of India, especially in the Delhi region; and the much older architectural expertise of India itself.
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Did you know that when a baby poops its diaper, you're not supposed to hit him with a rolled up newspaper?
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I hold it the duty of the Executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditures, and a sparing economy is itself a great national resource.
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Changing and inventing new things is great. That's what we like to do. (Australia, 2002).
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It would be worth the while to look closely into the eye which has been open and seeing at such hours, and in such solitudes, its dull, yellowish, greenish eye. Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.
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When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment.
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Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human.
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I'm very simple when it comes to gifts, so the best ones that I've received have love as their main intention. I appreciate everything.
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It's going to make life a whole lot easier.
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There's no need for drama and hate, y'all. Let's love each other! We're all human, right?
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Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.
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Most of the people that I went to school with - I went to secondary school - we were educated to go and work in the line at Ford's, and if we were lucky, technical skilled labor. I sort of rejected that, and thought I wanted to do something else.
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There is much to be said for post-menopausal celibacy. Sex is rough on loners because you have to have somebody else around, but now I don't. No more diets to stay slim and desirable: I've had sex and I've had food, and I'd rather eat.
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Herir al corazón es crearlo.
