Marcello Mastroianni Quotes
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
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I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
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In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants and hold the world in arms grown strong with love And there may be many things we forget in the days to come, But this will not be one of them.
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The nature of business is swindling.
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I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.
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As each brigade emerged from the woods, from 50 to 100 guns opened upon it, tearing great gaps in its ranks; but the heroes pressed on and were shot down by reserves at the guns. It was not war, it was murder.
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Every woman knows the art of saying no with the lips and yes with the rest.
