Antonio Porchia Quotes
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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I love to write.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.
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If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.
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The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can be classified on their basis of their cults, so also they can be classified on the basis of their habits of food.
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Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.
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As a practising lawyer, I was mediocre, but I worked hard as a law officer of the state government and on the private side. After becoming a judge, I maintained a low profile in other activities and concentrated only on judicial work.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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I credit my grandmother for teaching me to love and respect food. She taught me how to waste nothing, to make sure I used every bit of the chicken and boil the bones till no flavor could be extracted from them.
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Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.
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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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With 'Downton Abbey,' you're always stuck in one stately home.
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Sí, es necesario padecer, aún en vano, para no vivir en vano.
