Arthur Machen Quotes
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back to the sacred origins of literature - the holy book. There's nothing holy about it for me, but it should be serious, and it should be totally transparent.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner.
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I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.
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I am smarter because I stayed in school, and I am a better football player.
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Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.
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I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.
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I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.
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I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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God bless each and everyone of you.
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The sculptor must learn to reproduce the surface, which means all that vibrates on the surface: spirit, soul, love, passion - life. ... Sculpture is thus the art of hollows and mounds, not of smoothness, or even polished planes.
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I'm obsessed with Starbucks seasonal flavors. I love their seasonal cups. I love their pumpkin-flavored coffee. I love that. I absolutely love, love, love Starbucks seasonal everything.
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Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.
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When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like the whole atmosphere of how people are judged in American politics too often as to what you say instead of what you do. And so for me it's always about what can I do for you? How can I help you?
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I love working with horses. People say you shouldn't work with animals and children; that's wrong. You must only work with children, because you only work eight hours a day and I love working with animals. Animals have an honesty that human beings reach to find in their lives at the best of times.
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That was always what I felt was the beauty of Rock 'n' Roll, it was entertainment and showbiz yet it had the idea of the voice of the people, it had an essence to it which was socially motivated. Not that I want to change to world, you know? But it was sort of relevant to real life, it involved the real essence of poetry or the real essence of fine art. But it was also entertainment. That was the real vitality.
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I don't need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster... carrying around these non-connected computers is byzantine by comparison.
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Your worst enemy as a writer - especially one working online a lot of the time - is obscurity.
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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.
