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Wherefrom Quotes

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends Picture Quote #1

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body Picture Quote #1

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree Picture Quote #1

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting Picture Quote #1

Now, for not looking on a woman's face, you have in that forsworn the use of eyes, and study too, the causer of your vow; for where in any author in the world teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Picture Quote #1

We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who's lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue Picture Quote #1

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The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child Picture Quote #1

Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: this wide and universal theatre presents more woeful pageants than the scene wherein we play in Picture Quote #1

I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different, and then I can pick up on something where you suddenly see that it's not Picture Quote #1

Take this from this, if this be otherwise. If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed within the center Picture Quote #1

Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, before milk white, now purple with love's wound, and maidens call it love in idleness Picture Quote #1

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food Picture Quote #1

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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers Picture Quote #1

If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed within the centre Picture Quote #1

To fly the boar, before the boar pursues, were to incense the boar to follow us, and make pursuit where he did mean no chase Picture Quote #1

Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic Picture Quote #1

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic Picture Quote #1

Ungracious wretch, fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, where manners ne'er were preached! Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't Picture Quote #1

Tis the curse of service; preferment goes by letter, and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first Picture Quote #1

People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why Picture Quote #1

If you shall chance, camillo, to visit Bohemia on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great differences betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia Picture Quote #1

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life technology and science Picture Quote #1

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good Picture Quote #1

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars Picture Quote #1

O, where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, where shall it find a harbor in the Earth? Picture Quote #1

I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I`m not sure where I`m going Picture Quote #1

Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture Picture Quote #1

O, what a mansion have those vices got which for their habitation chose out thee, where beauty's veil doth cover every blot and all things turns to fair that eyes can see! Picture Quote #1

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of Earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it Picture Quote #1

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Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends (Wherefrom Quotes) I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body (Wherefrom Quotes) I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree (Wherefrom Quotes) I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting (Wherefrom Quotes) Now, for not looking on a woman's face, you have in that forsworn the use of eyes, and study too, the causer of your vow; for where in any author in the world teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? (Wherefrom Quotes) We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who's lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue (Wherefrom Quotes) The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child (Wherefrom Quotes) Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: this wide and universal theatre presents more woeful pageants than the scene wherein we play in (Wherefrom Quotes) I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different, and then I can pick up on something where you suddenly see that it's not (Wherefrom Quotes) Take this from this, if this be otherwise. If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed within the center (Wherefrom Quotes) Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, before milk white, now purple with love's wound, and maidens call it love in idleness (Wherefrom Quotes) I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food (Wherefrom Quotes) In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers (Wherefrom Quotes) If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed within the centre (Wherefrom Quotes) To fly the boar, before the boar pursues, were to incense the boar to follow us, and make pursuit where he did mean no chase (Wherefrom Quotes) Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic (Wherefrom Quotes) That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic (Wherefrom Quotes) Ungracious wretch, fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, where manners ne'er were preached! (Wherefrom Quotes) Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't (Wherefrom Quotes) Tis the curse of service; preferment goes by letter, and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first (Wherefrom Quotes) People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why (Wherefrom Quotes) If you shall chance, camillo, to visit Bohemia on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great differences betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia (Wherefrom Quotes) I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life technology and science (Wherefrom Quotes) I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good (Wherefrom Quotes) Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars (Wherefrom Quotes) O, where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, where shall it find a harbor in the Earth? (Wherefrom Quotes) I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I`m not sure where I`m going (Wherefrom Quotes) Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture (Wherefrom Quotes) O, what a mansion have those vices got which for their habitation chose out thee, where beauty's veil doth cover every blot and all things turns to fair that eyes can see! (Wherefrom Quotes) The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of Earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it (Wherefrom Quotes)

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