Antonio Porchia Quotes
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By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
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I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.
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I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
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I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre... It's funny - I don't have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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I believe everyone is mad when they are in love, and I don't think that can ever end.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
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I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.
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A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
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Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.
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One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.
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Liberal redistributionists in favor of heavy taxation place less weight on incentive than do small-government conservatives.
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The world is a diamond cut from our surprise.
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I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
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When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.
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We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.
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El hombre ciego lleva una estrella sobre sus hombros,
