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Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: german
Birth: December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926

Topics

You Emotions Lift Emotion Pure Side

I log 250 days a year on the road. I need pants that are versatile, easy to clean, and dry in my hotel room if necessary.

Road Hotel Year Easy Clean Need

History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.

Jeff Greenfield

History Turn Nickel Dime Turns

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

Stanley Kubrick

Freedom Movies Same Paper Filmmaker

If you can find interesting ways to be clear, you're really onto something.

Steven Soderbergh

Interesting You Find Something Clear

It was never really one of my goals to gain tremendous amount of celebrity or make a tremendous amount of money necessarily.

Goals Money Celebrity Never Gain

Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This American Life,' this predates me, but when David Sedaris did it, for example, it would just play, people who heard it heard it, and then the book would come out a year later, and people would be like, 'Ahh, I kind of remember that.'

Life People Me Book Weird American

I'm going to be who I am. And if you find it offensive, if you find it to be too tough, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Michael Michele

Sleep I Am Tough You Lose Find

I wanna be loved. I just wanna be loved.

Loved Just Wanna

There's so much of our psychological makeup which is impermissible for us to explore because it's inappropriate or perverse or scary. I'm interested in exploring that in myself. I try to be honest with myself about everything that I feel. I'm not saying I'm able to do that all the time, but it's something I'm interested in.

Time Myself Makeup Saying Feel Try

I think it's a false distinction to say that conversation and composition are separate. Because even as we speak, I'm seeing. Every interview is different, and I'm finding new ways to talk about ancient preoccupations. And I sometimes come on something that's immensely helpful and valuable. Plus I like the sensation of conversation.

Speak Think Finding Seeing Sometimes

I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer.

Off About Homer Bringing

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

People Conflict Avoid Represent

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