Antonio Tabucchi Quotes
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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I work with all these amazing voice actors that do a kajillion voices.
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully.
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If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?
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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
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I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.
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I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.
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Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I'm still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.
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Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.
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Thankfully, I have never experienced a miscarriage, but I have friends and family who have, and I've talked to them about their feelings.
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A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ... Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?
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Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
