A Quotes
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“Arta, la fel ca durerea, nu poate fi experimentată decât individual. Prin urmare, experiențele artistice nu au valabilitate decât atunci când sunt traversate și asumate de fiecare participant.”
Source: Sunetul de referinţă şi arca muzicii occidentale
“Artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others) occur as long as one has not met a Gnani Purush (the Enlightened One). To look for ways to become free from both of these has been called in this time cycle as dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation that gives happiness to one’s own self & others). Otherwise, there is no dharmadhyan in this current time cycle. Therefore, whatever prevents artadhyan and raudradhyan is called dharmadhyan.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“Artaud sought to remove aesthetic distance, bringing the audience into direct contact with the dangers of life. By turning theatre into a place where the spectator is exposed rather than protected, Artaud was committing an act of cruelty upon them.”
“Arte efímero es la música pues se dan en el tiempo: se va deshaciendo a medida que se va haciendo. La pintura y la escultura, en cambio, ahí quedan, ahí están, porque se dan en el espacio. Su problema es que si alguien no las mira, no existen. ¿Y el sexo? Se da en el espíritu y en la carne proyectandose desde aquí hasta el Más Allá, hasta donde dé.”
Source: Memorias de un hijueputa
“ARTE MAGNÉTICA
DE tanto amar y andar salen los libros.
Y si no tienen besos o regiones
y si no tienen hombre a manos llenas,
si no tienen mujer en cada gota,
hambre, deseo, cólera, caminos,
no sirven para escudo ni campana:
están sin ojos y no podrán abrirlos,
tendrán la boca muerta del precepto.
Amé las genitales enramadas
y entre sangre y amor cavé mis versos,
en tierra dura establecí una rosa
disputada entre el fuego y el rocío.
Por eso pude caminar cantando.”
“Arteloth, we are courtiers. We have no useful instincts.”
Source: The Priory of the Orange Tree
“Artemis ducked. Cudgeon didn't. Guess what? Artemis was smarter.”
“Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.”
“Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder”
“Artemis Fowl grinned right back at him and pointed his index finger to the sky... from the tip of this finger sprang a small blue spark that exploded like a tiny firework. “I know magic can be stolen,” said Artemis. “Because I stole some myself.”
“Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.”
“Artemis grit her teeth. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone. I need you to take my companions to Camp Half-Blood." "Sure Sis!" then he raised his hands in a "stop everything" gesture. "I feel a haiku comIng on." The Hunters all groaned. Apparently they'd met Apollo before. He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically. "Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. I am so awesome.”
“Artemis hooked the speaker over one ear, adjusting the mike stem so it wound across his
mouth.
'Foaly? Are you listening?'
'Are you kidding?' came the reply. 'This is better than human soap operas.”
Source: The Eternity Code
“Artemis let her head fall back, her eyes closed, her lips suddenly trembling. Apollo dying. “Please. Please, Maximus. I’ll refrain from provoking you anymore. I’ll stay in the shadows with my stockings and shoes on and never swim in your pond again, never disturb you again, only please do this one thing, I beg you. Save my brother.”
Source: Duke of Midnight
“Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was... She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself.”
“Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action against Kronos's minions. If she is not there, the gods will decide nothing. We will lose another year of war preparations." Are you sugesting the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysis asked. Yes, Lord Dionysis." Mr.D nodded. "Just checking. Your right, of course. Carry on.”
“Artemis smiled. "You have done well, my lieutenant. You have made me proud, and all those Hunters who perished in my service will never be forgotten. They will achieve Elysium, I am sure." She glared pointedly at Hades. He shrugged. "Probably." Artemis glared at him some more. Okay," Hades grumbled. "I'll streamline their application process.”
Source: Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian
“Artemis stepped into his mother's embrace. It was warm and strong. She was wearing perfume. He felt like the boy he was.”
Source: Artemis Fowl
“Artemis turned and stared at his friend with the blue eyes. Holly was staring back, and she was smiling. “I remember,” she said aloud. “You saved me.” Artemis smiled back. “It never happened,” he said.”
Source: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
“Artemis: "Right, brothers. Onward. Imagine yourself seated at a cafe in Montmartre." Myles: "In Paris." Artemis: "Yes, Paris. And try as you will, you cannot attract the waiter's attention. What do you do?" Beckett: "Umm...tell Butler to jump-jump-jump on his head?" Myles: "I agree with simple-toon." Artemis: "No! You simply raise one finger and say clearly 'ici, garcon.'" Beckett: "Itchy what?”
“Artemis: (shocked) Why, Doctor? This is a sensitive area. For all you know I could be suffering from depression. Doctor Po: I suppose you could. Is that the case? Artemis: (head in hands) It's my mother, Doctor. Doctor Po: Yes? Artemis: My mother, she... Doctor Po: Your mother, yes? Artemis: She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy when the school's so-called counsellors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees.”
“Artemis: Holly, how did you find me? Holly: Oh, I saw a huge explosion and wondered: now, who could that be?”
“Artemis: How long will it take you to prepare the time spell? N1 chewed his knuckle: About as long as it takes you to take your clothes off. "Aaarrk," Artemis half choked.”
“Artemis: I am not buoyed by that. Foaly: You are not supposed to be buoyed by that. You are supposed to be equalized. Mulch: I'm pretty sure that both of you just made really horrible jokes. But I'm not sure because I think you broke my funny bone.”
“Artemisia ona kapıyı açmıyor. Arabasına binme teklifini de geri çeviriyor.
Eve kapanacağını, Türkler gibi eve kapalı yaşadığını haykırıyor içerden.”
“Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.”
Source: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating
“Arteriosclerosis can be considered a disease of protein intoxication.”
“Artful without being pretentious, well-made without being staid, Trey Moody's investigations of our weird and ordinary world are a little off, by which I mean that they're onto something. Read 'em and be crept into.”
“Artfulness is not simple entertainment,
especially during upheaval,
unleashing creative life is sacred duty.”
“Arther, what is first on the agenda?"
...
"The same as ever, Highness. Elections, land, and entitlements." Arther had learned to mask much of his distaste at that last word, but his lips still puckered as if it soured his tongue.
...
Entitlements. Leesha hated the word, too, but not for the same reason as Arther. It was a cold word, used by those with full bellies to bemoan feeding those without.”
Source: The Skull Throne
“Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.”
“Arthritis vanishes, myopia gets better, heart illness decreases, asthma disappears, stomachs function properly and the whole catalogue of illnesses goes away and stays away.”
“Arthur arched an eyebrow. "Someone like me?"
"You know what I mean."
"Then why can't you say it?"
Linus's chest hitched. "A magical creature."
"Yes."
"Perhaps the rarest of them all."
"So it would seem."
"You're . . ."
"Say it. Please. Let me hear you say it. I want to hear it from you."
[...]
Linus Baker said, "You're a pheonix.”
Source: The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.”
“Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Arthur Clarke says that I am first in science and second in science fiction in accordance with an agreement we have made. I say he is first in science fiction and second in science.”
Source: Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters
“Arthur Compton became my graduate advisor. He was the ideal graduate advisor for me: he came into my research room only once during my graduate career and usually had no idea how I was spending my time.”
Source: Alvarez
“Arthur Conan Doyle had to be Sherlock Holmes in order to envision how Sherlock Holmes would unravel a mystery. He had to be in Sherlock's situations. As a writer, you have to be of two minds.”
“Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.”
“Arthur ekranlara bakıp gözlerini kırpıştırdı ve önemli bir şeyi kaçırıyormuş hissine kapıldı. Birden bunun ne olduğunu fark etti.
"bu uzay gemisinde çay var mı?" diye sordu.”
Source: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he had decided he would go mad, and now here he was already chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric Earth.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five
“Arthur Hughes is one of the pioneers of modern database marketing. His new book, Strategic Database Marketing, Third Edition, contains the wisdom of twenty years of database marketing experience from scores of companies throughout the US. I can heartily endorse Arthur's book for anyone who wants to know the state of the art in database marketing today.”
“Arthur, I…I’d just been released from a mental institution.' She looks up at me from under he lashes, gauging my reaction while seeming to dread it.
I just stop my jaw from dropping. 'Mental institution?'
I’d been sick the last quarter of my sophomore year, so my mom made me go to a clinic in Atlanta.'
This girl’s been heaven-sent for me! I, too, had been sick. Until I’d tested my concoctions on myself, eventually discovering a cure.”
Source: Poison Princess
“Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?
Ford: We're safe.
Arthur: Oh good.
Ford: We're in a small galley cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet.
Arthur: Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of.”
Source: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, has argued that geography seems less relevant than ever in a world where nonstate actors -- malleable entities like ethnicities, for example -- are as powerful and important as the ones with governments and borders. Where on a map can you point to al-Qaeda? Or Google, or Wal-Mart? Everywhere and nowhere.”
Source: Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
“Arthur Less has been out of place many times in his life... He has done them all. So being in a place of utter misrule and chaos is no problem for him. In some way, that is the comfort zone of Arthur Less. He knows, in such places, where he stands.”
Source: Less Is Lost
“Arthur lives in a permanent state of disorientation like a low-grade fever, the question hanging over everything being How did I get from there to here?”
Source: Station Eleven
“Arthur might be a king, but he can’t make you come.”
Source: Fountain Of Secrets
“Arthur Miller once payed me a great compliment saying that my plays were 'necessary.' I will go one step further and say that Arthur's plays are 'essential'”
“Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, "Attention must be paid." It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth.”