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When I saw any external object, my consciousness that I was seeing it would remain between me and it, enclosing it in a slender, incorporeal outline which prevented me from ever coming directly in contact with the material form; for it would volatilise itself in some way before I could touch it, just as an incandescent body which is moved towards something wet never actually touches moisture, since it is always preceded, itself, by a zone of evaporation. Marcel Proust
Jeanne Tripplehorn quote: "I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years."
I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years. Jeanne Tripplehorn
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. Phillips Brooks
Well you may never be or have a husband, you may never have or hold a child, you will learn to lose everything... We are temporary arrangements Alanis Morissette
I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm more proud of that than anything. Jerry Seinfeld
Robert Crandall quote: "I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell..."
I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap. Robert Crandall
Jayne Mansfield quote: "Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met."
Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met. Jayne Mansfield
There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S. Tim Murphy
Peter Jurasik quote: "I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York..."
I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City. Peter Jurasik
I heard them laugh. I turned off the light and tried to go to sleep. It was not necessary to read any more. I could shut my eyes without getting the wheeling sensation. But i could not sleep. There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light. The hell there isn't! I figured that all out once, and for six months I never slept with the electric light off. That was another bright idea. To hell with women, anyway. To hell with you,... Ernest Hemingway
In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction. Roger Staubach
I am staunchly committed to ensuring the long-term solvency of Social Security and preserving full benefits for Americans who have spent their entire working lives contributing to this program. Sue Kelly
Lawrence Welk quote: "Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns."
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. Lawrence Welk
Here libido and ego-interest share the same fate and have once more become indistinguishable from each other. The familiar egoism of the sick person covers them both. We find it so natural because we are certain that in the same situation we should behave in just the same way. The way in which the readiness to love, however great, is banished by bodily ailments, and suddenly replaced by complete indifference, is a theme which has been sufficiently exploited by comic writers. Sigmund Freud
I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance. Keanu Reeves