Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
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I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.
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Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever.
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Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance the night away to electronic music.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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I love Kanye West. I think he's a visionary. He's one of those people for whom I separate his personality from his artistry.
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I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor.
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I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be.
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There were…smiles of encouragement for Lydgate, and some smiles of sweet pity as well, as for the only leper present.
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Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.
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Between books, I have to throw out everything I did before, because the tools I've used to write the previous book will not only not work for the next project, they will ruin it.
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The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.
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I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write jokes at the library, and that, in turn, launched my comedy career.
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The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading
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Sí, me apartaré. Prefiero lamentarme de tu ausencia que de ti.
