Antonio Tabucchi Quotes
We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.
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Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.
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Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.
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We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
