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Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny Picture Quote #1

I haven’t got a waist. I’ve just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing Picture Quote #1

My children didn’t when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot Picture Quote #1

‘Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one’s power to do good, riches being another word for power Picture Quote #1

The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness Picture Quote #1

Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it’s slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character’s sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That’s a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it’s true Picture Quote #1

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Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life Picture Quote #1

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I’m just a normal person Picture Quote #1

Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of reality? A reality conditioned by the materialistic and scientific ideology of psychoanalysis, that is, a historical product Picture Quote #1

Music for me is something I prefer to keep away form the whole business part of my life. I feel like everything I do, in a way, has some sort of business around it. So with my music I can have my privacy. If people don’t have to pay for it then I think they can be a little more open to new ideas Picture Quote #1

I think there’s a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There’s something transcendent about it. It’s sort of the way that music is more than the sum of its parts. You have all these elements that make up the terroir that wine can communicate Picture Quote #1

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion Picture Quote #1

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I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract, seem to me like prison windows in which the lines, precisely are the bars Picture Quote #1

There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself Picture Quote #1

The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have once more above its head the inverted bowl beyond which may lie whatever paradise its desires may create Picture Quote #1

The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories; one spent with interesting people has merely a sort of bouquet Picture Quote #1

Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature Picture Quote #1

We know well enough when we’re being unjust and despicable. but we don’t restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that Picture Quote #1

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Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one’s situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are Picture Quote #1

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort Picture Quote #1

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind Picture Quote #1

I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in a while to think of what sort of a collection of mourners he is training for his final event Picture Quote #1

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder Picture Quote #1

If I weren’t reasonably placid, I don’t think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you’ve got to be absolutely like a horse Picture Quote #1

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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders Picture Quote #1

I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right Picture Quote #1

Great towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul; like cages to birds, or pounds to beasts Picture Quote #1

I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict Picture Quote #1

I’m fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I’m sort of interested in the gory details of life Picture Quote #1

I do the things I like to do. It’s sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby Picture Quote #1

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Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny (Sort Quotes) I haven’t got a waist. I’ve just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing (Sort Quotes) My children didn’t when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot (Sort Quotes) ‘Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one’s power to do good, riches being another word for power (Sort Quotes) The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness (Sort Quotes) Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it’s slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character’s sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That’s a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it’s true (Sort Quotes) Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life (Sort Quotes) I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I’m just a normal person (Sort Quotes) Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of reality? A reality conditioned by the materialistic and scientific ideology of psychoanalysis, that is, a historical product (Sort Quotes) Music for me is something I prefer to keep away form the whole business part of my life. I feel like everything I do, in a way, has some sort of business around it. So with my music I can have my privacy. If people don’t have to pay for it then I think they can be a little more open to new ideas (Sort Quotes) I think there’s a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There’s something transcendent about it. It’s sort of the way that music is more than the sum of its parts. You have all these elements that make up the terroir that wine can communicate (Sort Quotes) That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion (Sort Quotes) I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract, seem to me like prison windows in which the lines, precisely are the bars (Sort Quotes) There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself (Sort Quotes) The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have once more above its head the inverted bowl beyond which may lie whatever paradise its desires may create (Sort Quotes) The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories; one spent with interesting people has merely a sort of bouquet (Sort Quotes) Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature (Sort Quotes) We know well enough when we’re being unjust and despicable. but we don’t restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that (Sort Quotes) Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one’s situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are (Sort Quotes) To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort (Sort Quotes) A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind (Sort Quotes) I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in a while to think of what sort of a collection of mourners he is training for his final event (Sort Quotes) There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder (Sort Quotes) If I weren’t reasonably placid, I don’t think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you’ve got to be absolutely like a horse (Sort Quotes) Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders (Sort Quotes) I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right (Sort Quotes) Great towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul; like cages to birds, or pounds to beasts (Sort Quotes) I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict (Sort Quotes) I’m fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I’m sort of interested in the gory details of life (Sort Quotes) I do the things I like to do. It’s sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby (Sort Quotes)

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