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Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

Lafcadio Hearn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: japanese
Birth: June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904

Topics

Passion Beautiful Time Moment Best

With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not.

Jennifer Lee

Cooking Energy Baking You Up Little

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.

Andre Holland

Home Experience Feel Loving Film

If you live in a big city, and you're surrounded by people, you're way more in touch with humanity than you would be if you lived in a very remote area and just spent all day long on the computer.

Max Joseph

Live Day People City Humanity You

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

John Mason Brown

Good Someone Remember Said Who Says

I'm not spitting in my own soup, I love having spent my life thinking about these things-but you don't have to know anything about his life, even though I've just written a biography!

Stephen Greenblatt

Life Love Soup Thinking My Life You

Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned.

Stephen Kinzer

Leader Building Steel Project Modern

I think it's hard to put a finger on my music. My music has always been an amalgamation of everything I listen to, which includes everything and anything under the sun. Hip-hop to country to R&B to pop, all the things I'm inspired by find a way into what I do.

Travie McCoy

Music Sun Think Find Country Way

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Robin Morgan

Friendship Love Level Elevated

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

Loretta Napoleoni

Economics Say Rogue Demand Consumers

I hope I will be remembered as a good father and a fair employer. And a good host, of course!

Diego Della Valle

Good Father Hope Will Fair Employer

The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.

Denise Dresser

Men Problem Rules Mexico Rule Who

Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

Christopher McQuarrie

Knowledge Experience Death Create