Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.
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If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.
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I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.
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Sometimes when I'm on set, I keep eating, and people are like, 'You really eat that?' I'm like, 'Yes, I do.'
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It's nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take themselves way too seriously sometimes.
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Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt that they weren't really for me. But I think that happens naturally when you write songs. You're in a different mood in every session. There's so many songs out there that could potentially be used by other artists.
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Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have.
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But he understood from hard-earned experience that true security comes through making peace with your neighbors.
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Greed puts out the sun.
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My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.
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We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in.
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May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.
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Con mi encadenamiento a la tierra pago la libertad de mis ojos.
