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Paul Valery Quotes

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: french
Birth: October 30, 1871 - July 20, 1945

Topics

Man Mind Key Sound Lock Who

When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.

Down Play Everyone Double Player

To many, Courtney Love smells like rock hype. Reviewers may be excited about her, but the rock audience may be skeptical of the credentials of someone who is more famous for her interviews and her spouse than for her music.

Love Music Famous Someone Rock More

It is crazy to have Judith Miller in jail.

Crazy Jail Miller

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Michael Douglas

Generation You Now Eat Everything

I went to university in the north of England at University of Birmingham to do an English literature degree, and I knew I could do extracurricular stuff with theater and drama. I started a theater company, called Article 19, and I did it with a bunch of friends. I wrote and directed plays. I had a radio show.

Friends Literature Drama Radio Stuff

I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.

Good Think Writer Insightful

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

Work Good Job School College Law

It is so common in middle-class families to consider modelling and acting not serious.

Acting Serious Common Middle-Class

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.

Height First Poet Social Involved

For me, food and music are very similar in that you create, you spend a lot of time making something, and it only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes.

Winston Marshall

Music Time Food Me You Create

Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.

Willie Stargell

Life Human Real Lord Tests Come

It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin.

Time Me Long Skin Long Time My Own

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