Antonio Porchia Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
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I think when it comes to pop I'm past the point of curiosity. I admit to a full-on obsession with it, and I think it's getting worse, actually.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.
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Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.
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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
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Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
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There are signs, I think, that people aren't satisfied by consumerism: that people resent the fact that the most moral decision in their lives is choosing what colour their next car will be.
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Sometimes I really wish that I could sit back and enjoy it, live in the moment more. But I am terrified, and I want to better myself, not that I want to prove anything to anyone other than myself. I am ambitious, and there are many things I want to do. It doesn't get any easier.
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I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't even figure out the basic 26 letters, let alone operate, in English. I often feel that although I've found the sky of freedom above my head, I've lost the soil I stand on. I need to be back in my motherland, where I can find inspirations.
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Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
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I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it.
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Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear in their hands, adorned with lots of feathers. That image has stayed in some people's minds. Many think we're either visionaries, `noble savages,' squaw drudges or tragic alcoholics. We're very rarely depicted as real people who have greater tenacity in terms of trying to hang on to our culture and values system than most people.
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The bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie.
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Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
