Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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My only scheme was to be a rapper. ~Eminem
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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