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“For Fleur de Chine, I imagined the romantic and mysterious women from Asia's cinematic past-from the '30s femme fatale in a cheongsam and dark lipstick, to the'60s Hong Kong heroine of In the Mood for Love. I wanted to capture that fascinating, exquisite and slightly scandalous femininity.”

Wanted Past Dark Mood Mysterious Fascinating Capture Asia Femininity Exquisite Lipstick Heroines Hong Kong Cinematic Femme Scandalous Femme Fatale Mysterious Woman

Author:Tom Ford

“Reading Shakespeare is sometimes like looking through a window into a dark room. You don't see in. You see nothing but a reflection of yourself unable to see in. An unflattering image of yourself blind.”

Sometimes Reading Dark Rooms Reflection Window Blind Dark Room Reflection Of Yourself Reading Shakespeare

Author:Antony Sher

“It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entrust oneself to someone who knows not that he knows not. Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck? So let me go my own way even if it is the wrong one.”

Ifs Knows Men Way Dark My Own Millions Stones Let Me Errors Oneself Necks Swimming Wade Let Me Go

Book:The Seeker: A Novel

Source: The Seeker: A Novel

“Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark.”

Beautiful Dark Results Lessons Tasks Intention Corners Good Intentions Lesson Learned

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'”

Looks Done Film Actors Dark Roles Comic Idiot Relief Diverse Providing Murderer Psycho Comic Relief 3 Idiots

Author:Boman Irani

“How can a man know himself? He is a thing dark and veiled; and if the hare has seven skins, man can slough off seventy times seven and still not be able to say: "this is really you, this is no longer outer shell.”

Ifs Knows Men Stills Able Dark Skins Seven Shells Seventies Hares Slough

Book:Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

Source: Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

“Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought, The singer, upward-springing, Is grander than his singing, And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of thought. This, at least, you teach me, In a revelation: That gods still snatch, as worthy death, the soul in its aspiration.”

World Stills Soul Self Joy Turns Found Dark Teach Singing Worthy Singers Aspiration Revelations Tranquil

Book:Undertones

Source: Undertones

“The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.”

Thinking Giving Eye Dark Flower Birth Breeze Prudence Abode

Author:William Wordsworth

“Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.”

Together Spirit Grows Dark Elements Harmony Dust Immortal Reconcile Inscrutable Workmanship Harmony In Music

Author:William Wordsworth

“I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can shine out, instead of accepting the darkness of Communism.”

Should Hard Shows Light Dark Accepting Shining Lions Asia Nehru

Author:Winston Churchill

“Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see.”

Ifs Life Might Happiness Dark Shadow Sunshine Life Happiness Gloomy

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain.”

Ifs Men Want Dream Past Dark Secret Want Me Uncertain He Wants Me Live Futures

Book:The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel

Source: The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel

“It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now they will say we, with our permissive society and rude jokes, are obsessed. No, we have a healthy attitude. We like it, it’s fun, it’s jolly; because it’s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult. It’s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic church in a nutshell.”

People Fun Sex Bits Difficult Term Church Dark Attitude Dangerous Healthy Jokes Exciting Catholic Primaries Impulse Obsessed Rude Erotic Catholic Church Jolly Obese Anorexics

Author:Stephen Fry

“I'm alone, stumbling through the city in the dark, trying not to let the night freeze my blood.”

Trying Night Dark Cities Blood Freeze Stumbling

Author:Isaac Marion

“Dark windows are often a very clear proof.”

Dark Clear Crime Window Proof Crime And Punishment

Author:Bill Vaughan

“Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty.”

Self Fall Dark Denial Sunshine Almighty Gladness Dark Things

Author:James Freeman Clarke

“It's folly that women measure their happiness with the pleasures of the bed, but they do. And when the pleasure cools or their man goes missing, all they once lived for turns dark and hateful.”

Men Turns Dark Pleasure Missing Bed Folly Hateful

Book:The Complete Euripides Volume V: Medea and Other Plays

Source: The Complete Euripides Volume V: Medea and Other Plays

“When Spring is old, and dewy windsBlow from the south, with odors sweet,I see my love, in shadowy groves,Speed down dark aisles on shining feet.”

Dark Feet Sweet Spring Shining South Speed Aisle Odor Grove

Author:Maurice Thompson

“There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.”

Moments Past Dark Shadow Tragedy Brooding Great Moments

Book:The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

Source: The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

“The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.”

Wells Made Dark Following Tone Consistently

Author:Carlton Cuse

“I love the whole futuristic landscape of dark, rainy neon, the mix of Eastern and Western cultures and the beautiful shots of the flying cars.”

Whole Beautiful Culture Dark Car Shots Western Flying Landscape Eastern Rainy Western Culture Futuristic Neon Flying Cars

Author:Reggie Watts

“I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side, sometimes they can be as strong as each other. Love and hatred are close.”

Wells Looks Sometimes Song Strong Sides Dark Hatred Lays Dark Side Bright Side Hatred And Love

Author:Jim Capaldi

“Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One False Move, Bad Santa even. I mean Bad Santa is a comedy, and it's a very dark comedy, and it's become like iconic, you know.”

Knows Mean Soul Done Moving Dark Simple Roles Comedy Plans Fit Balls Heavy Monsters My Soul Blades Santa Iconic Dark Comedy Simple Plan Bad Santa

Author:Billy Bob Thornton

“Vodka has a huge history in Russia, in that it's almost like a currency. It's the one thing that keeps the country in the dark ages and having a rollicking good time.”

Country Age Dark One Thing Huge Russia Good Times Currency Dark Ages Vodka

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place.”

Joy Dark Harder Enthusiasm Dark Places

Author:Carey Mulligan

“Take your delight in momentariness, Walk between dark and dark a shining space With the grave 's narrowness, though not its peace.”

Dark Space Walks Shining Delight Graves

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“Texture is most evident where dark meets light on the turning edge and at the outer edge. Experience has taught us to assume that the areas in between have similar features.”

Light Dark Taught Areas Assuming Edges Features Evident Texture Taught Us

Author:Rex Brandt

“In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.”

Men Stories Humanity Dark He Man Riches Brilliant Remarkable Midnight Rags Dickens Carols Rags To Riches

Author:Richard Lederer

“I've always been a huge fan of thrillers like David Fincher's 'Se7en.' I am fascinated by the disturbing, dark underbelly of life. I find such films deeply engrossing. They delve deep into the human psyche, and that's a place worth exploring.”

Humans Film Dark Fans Huge Fascinated Exploring Disturbing Thrillers Human Psyche

Author:Emraan Hashmi

“Let the word and the legend go before you. Let the world go before you. Let your shadow grow. Let it grow hair on its face. Let it become dark. Given time, words may even enchant an enchanter.”

World May Faces Given Grows Dark Hair Shadow Legends Dark Tower Series

Author:Stephen King

“There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!”

“For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.”

Knows Dark Shining Worms Glow Worms

Book:Religion

Source: Religion

“Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood.”

People Believe Heart Doe War Dream Mother Evil Father Dark Behinds Fire Inspire One Day Seeds Defeated Misunderstood Blooming Misplaced

Book:Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel

Source: Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel

“We must not close with Christ because we feel Him, but because God lias said it, and we must take God's word even in the dark.”

Feels Said Christ Dark

Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne

“Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.”

Giving Care Dark Break Doubt Despair Giving Up Spells Load Wiser Never Giving Up Fling Fetters

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot.”

“I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch.”

Needs Two Light Three Dark Blue Shoes Shirts Pairs Gray Pants Formal Jeans Belts Casual Wardrobe Woven Accessories Pair Of Shoes Bracelet Blazers Light Blue

Author:Diego Della Valle

“The sky was horribly dark , but one could distinctly see tattered clouds , and between them fathomless black patches. Suddenly I noticed in one of these patches a star , and began watching it intently. That was because that star had given me an idea : I decided to kill myself that night .”

Ideas Night Given Stars Black Dark Sky Decided Clouds Patches

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things that children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. This terror, therefore, and darkness of mind must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun and glittering shafts of daylight, but by the aspect and law of nature.”

Mind Children Sometimes Light Law Dark Darkness Sun Imagine Aspect Blind Terror Rays Laws Of Nature

Author:Lucretius

“For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.”

Men Writing Strong Memories Dark Judgment Call Me

Book:The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.

Source: The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.

“Sleep is harder to reach and thinner, and sleeping is no longer the Drop into the black pit all oblivion until the alarm clock, no, sleep is thin and fitful and full of memories and reminders and the dark is never dark enough.”

Enough Black Memories Dark Sleep Harder Clock Oblivion Reminders Pits Alarms Alarm Clocks No Sleep

Author:Doris Lessing

“The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.”

Bigs Dark Fellows Shoes Communism Communist Thunder Hail Big Shoes

Author:Dag Hammarskjold

“When all the dark clouds roll away And the sun begins to shine I see my freedom from across the way And it comes right in on time Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light And it comes from the sky above Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me And lights my life with love.”

Way Giving Feels Wells Light Dark Sun Sky Shining Clouds Like Me Dark Clouds

Author:Van Morrison

“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! - In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin fine upon the shore!”

Soul Moving Force Dark Answers Our Lives Fine Ocean Horse Hot Certainty Warrior Tragic Shore Host Midnight Hints Evermore

Book:Poems of George Meredith

Source: Poems of George Meredith

“Near our vineyard there was a pear tree laden with fruit that was not attractive in either flavor or form. One night, when I [at the age of sixteen] had played until dark on the sandlot with some other juvenile delinquents, we went to shake that tree and carry off its fruit. From it we carried off huge loads, not to feast on, but to throw to the pigs, although we did eat a few ourselves. We did it just because it was forbidden.”

Age Form Night Dark Tree Huge Fruit Attractive Shakes Load Pigs Flavor Forbidden One Night Sixteen Juvenile Vineyards Pears Delinquents Sandlot

Author:Saint Augustine

“If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter a computer Dark Ages for about twenty years.”

Ifs Years Reason Feelings Bigs Age Winning Dark Mistake Computer Twenties Dark Ages Big Mistake Ibm Personal Feelings

Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

“Where the light is, and each thing clear,Separate from all others, standing in its place,I drink the time and touch whatever's near,And hope for day when the whole world has that face:For what assures her present every year?In dark accidents the mind's sufficient grace.”

World Years Mind Whole Light Faces Dark Clear Grace Drink Standing Accidents Whole World Sufficient

Book:Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge

Source: Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge

“By complex ways, by looking deep into the dark well of the human soul, full of filth, somewhere at the very bottom of it Chekhov at last found his faith. And this faith turned out to be faith in man, in the power of human progress. And man became his god.”

Men Way Inspirational Humans Wells Art Soul Lasts Found Literature Dark Progress Complexes Bottom Human Soul Filth Human Progress Chekhov

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish.”

Ifs Dark Fire Determination Resolution Kindles

Book:Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker

Source: Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker

“When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.”

Book Dies Dark Talent Forgotten Corners Compare Tempted

Author:Denis Diderot

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