Antonio Porchia Quotes
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well.
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I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.
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If I were to take an undergraduate chemistry exam, I would probably fail.
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I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.
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I do not like the idea that a Russian company cannot be successful without Western experience. I think that, at the end of the day, it is a question of bringing benchmarks from other countries. So far, the golden benchmark has been the West.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter.
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I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.
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Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.
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It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us. That is why you are faithful to it, even while you stand waiting, so long as you are prepared, and act the moment you are confronted by its demands.
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Technological unemployment is scary for those affected - but has always gone hand in hand with economic progress.
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I have been in schools around the country, and I have written on education for years. Once, I was once doing a profile on Justice William Brennan and I was in his chambers, and Brennan asked, "How do we get the words of the Bill of Rights into the lives of the students?" Well, it is not difficult. You tell them stories.
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I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.
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Todo lo que llevo atado en mí, se halla suelto, en cualquier parte.
