Antonio Porchia Quotes
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
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The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up.
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He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.
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I'm on Twitter a lot of the day because I really like Twitter. It's great for jokes. But when I'm writing, I can't do anything else. I can't even listen to music. I just have to write, and then I can do something else. I can't multitask.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?
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I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
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I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
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In agony unknown He bleeds away His life; in terrible throes He exhausts His soul. 'Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani?' And then see! they pierce His side, and forthwith runneth out blood and water! This is the shedding of blood, the terrible pouring out of blood, without which, for you and the whole human race, there is no remission.
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Speculation in oil stock companies was another great evil ... From the first, oil men had to contend with wild fluctuations in the price of oil. ... Such fluctuations were the natural element of the speculator, and he came early, buying in quantities and holding in storage tanks for higher prices. If enough oil was held, or if the production fell off, up went the price, only to be knocked down by the throwing of great quantities of stocks on the market.
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Give me a treat, or leave me alone. It's Monday.
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I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me.
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Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these, cookbooks are perhaps most lastingly delightful.
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Risk is just an expensive substitute for information.
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Cuanto he perdido lo hallo a cada paso y me recuerda que lo he perdido.
