Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.
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Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
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I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.
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We have to slow down the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from coal burning, oil and eventually natural gas... And the best ways to do that are energy efficiency and a switch to renewables.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would be in trouble because - not that I wouldn't be able to step up to it - but I wouldn't love it. I wouldn't want to be that person; that wouldn't be my natural thing.
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The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
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In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.
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I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information.
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The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must be attributed in the best cases physiologically to the medium, intellectually to the control.
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I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up at 6 A.M. and on a train to Birmingham to record 'The Archers'. It was pretty intense.
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I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
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'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.
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Along with opportunities, there also exist many other tricky and complex issues to be managed in India. These include tackling both policy-level challenges and infrastructure challenges.
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All that they seem to say is 'nigger, nigger, nigger'.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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I am a reserved guy and need somebody to pep me up every day, Upsi does that job perfectly. She is very vivacious and outspoken, so we blend very well. We both love travelling, and we have a thing for adventure. We love being outdoors and like to ride our own boat rather than being rowed by someone else.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
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Todo es como los ríos, obra de las pendientes.
