Antonio Porchia Quotes

El matador de almas no mata cien almas; mata una alma sola, cien veces.

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• In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Rock
  • Players
  • Jazz

• For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.

  

  Katharine Anthony
  • Time
  • Long
  • Change

• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Country
  • Parents

• Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Want
  • Dreams
  • Invest

• I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

  

  Hanif Kureishi
  • Writing
  • Crazy
  • Always

• From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Day
  • Laughter
  • Applause

• Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Money
  • Law
  • Government

• You have to follow that next step.

  

  Laura Moser
  • You
  • Step
  • Follow

• Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Details

• Audrey Hepburn has influenced me.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Me
  • Influenced
  • Audrey

• I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.

  

  Nat Faxon
  • Up
  • Sea
  • Outside

• Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

  

  Larry Wall
  • People
  • Different
  • Power

• You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry about whether it was the lead or not the lead, because I think you can really mess your mind up when you're too caught up in those things.

  

  Yul Vazquez
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Think

• Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Easy

• I just want other people to know the kind of joy that I have in my life. I want other people to be able to have fun.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Life
  • Fun

• I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Love
  • Truth
  • Justice

• I do go back to Russia frequently, about twice a year. I hate the flight, but it's worth it. My parents have a home in a little village of 12 houses. It's not on any map, so unless you know it's there, you won't find it. Nothing works there; no Internet, no cell phone, and the land line only works sometimes. It's great!

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Great
  • Home
  • Parents

• I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.

  

  Omar Sy
  • Famous
  • Fake
  • Now

• It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Face
  • Without
  • Brand

• I think I'm connected to this issue in some capacity, football and brain damage. So carving out a way to address it tactfully is important to me no matter what I go on to do.

  

  Chris Borland
  • Important
  • Football
  • Brain

• Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.

  

  Arnold Lobel
  • Friends
  • Advice
  • Weather

• El matador de almas no mata cien almas; mata una alma sola, cien veces.

  

  Antonio Porchia