Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.
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I'm now a member of a pretty small club.
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Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.
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It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous buildings that are so peaceful. You can roam around and get lost in the labyrinth.
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Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
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Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
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The colour, noise and festivity failed to elevate Carfilhiot’s mood; in fact-so he told himself-never had he witnessed so much pointless nonsense.
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Music is like a language: you cannot understand it unless you learn it, or more accurately, are born into it.
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A lot of drummers, obviously they want to show off and do all these fills and everything, but the main objective is to play for the song.
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If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
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El mal, débil, me agita; fuerte, me calma.
