Antonio Porchia Quotes
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All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
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The story of 'A Dog's Purpose' flowed into me a set piece. The entire book was just there, as if I were connected to a streaming service, a novel wholly formed of character and plot. This has never happened to me before or since. I prayed for help and I got it. A gift.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.
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He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.
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It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Here is the root of all romanticism: that man, the individual, is an infinite reservoir of possibilities, and if you can so rearrange society by the destruction of oppressive order, then these possibilities will have a chance, and you will get Progress.
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You can have a big hit and not get rich.
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Every Israelite has a duty to study whether he is poor or rich, whether healthy or suffering, whether young or very old and in failing strength, even if he is poor and supported by charity or begs from door to door.
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There are a lot of ways to mispronounce my name. That is the least common … I checked with my mother. In 50 years no one's ever called her 'Elsie Fag'.
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Human relations are like the irregular verbs in a number of languages where nearly all verbs are irregular.
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Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your spirit grow weary. Besides, a good prayer mustn't be too long. Do not draw it out. Prayer ought to be frequent and fervent.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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El misterio apacigua mis ojos, no los ciega.
