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Octave Mirbeau Quotes

When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: February 16, 1848 - February 16, 1917

Topics

People Tears Smell Naked Give Off

Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.

Work Morning Time Best Mind Ideas

I love the freedom you feel on horseback, and enjoy the discipline of competition.

Jessica Springsteen

Love Freedom Discipline Competition

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

Life Fun People Think You Late

When I give lectures, people will wait behind until there is no one around and then tell me quietly, 'I seem to be one of those people who need eight or nine hours' sleep.' It's embarrassing to say it in public.

Sleep People Me Wait Say Will

I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.

Award Find Place Comfortable Almost

Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spend a week in London doing nothing but visit superb museums and galleries, free.

Government Theatre World Free Doing

My family is so weird.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

Jason Calacanis

People Problem Media Trying Craft

But when I was doing the KKK I had constant nightmares of being exposed as a Jew and lynched by the Klan.

Doing Nightmares Being Klan Constant

The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat.

Technology Boat Process Reality Fish

I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.

Anthony Ray Hinton

Death Me End Trying Death Penalty

The positive and negative states of being bring about action. They cause the loss of balance and of happiness. They cause the eternal revolutions - the changes that follow one upon the other. They explain why happiness cannot be achieved in time.

Positive Happiness Time Balance Loss

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