Antonio Porchia Quotes
Cuando creo que la piedra es piedra, que la nube es nube, me hallo es un estado de inconsciencia.
Quotes to Explore
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.
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As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.
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TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
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It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.
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I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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I'm the type of person to put myself in everybody else's shoes.
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Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.
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Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.
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I don't want to go to another roller-coaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I'll go to Magic Mountain. I'm really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmores and the Being John Malkoviches. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that's what I'm passionate about.
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If Iraq collapses in chaos and civil war, there will be a ferocious fight in this country over who misled us and who may have lied us, into war. Into the dock will go the neoconservatives whose class project this was.
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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
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Through these fields of destructionBaptisms of fireI've witnessed your sufferingAs the battles raged higherAnd though they hurt me so badIn the fear and alarmYou did not desert meMy brothers in arms.
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In our travels, we have come across many equations - math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil.
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I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.
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There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
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You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.
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Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make investments without having to fear unpredictable new government interventions before these investments can pay off.
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There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.
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Cuando creo que la piedra es piedra, que la nube es nube, me hallo es un estado de inconsciencia.
