Clarice Lispector Quotes
Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea.
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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In a perfect world, I only act when I really want to. I don't do most of the stuff that is out there, but it's a joy and a pleasure to do anything that promotes this higher power - this light, if you will. I just think there aren't enough projects in the world that do that.
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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.
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'But I tried though,' he says. 'Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?'
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Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the more you learn about what you care about, you become a more caring person. And if you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. And you may even change their mind, or they may change yours.
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The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great.
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Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea.
