Antonio Porchia Quotes
If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm not a control freak.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one.
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Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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It is no longer important for me to be seen in every frame.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves.
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There are some channels that are trying out new content. These shows have new and fresh stories. The trend on TV is changing, and along with this, there are web series, too. But the audience needs to get used to these stories.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.
