We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.
Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors.
I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band.
Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap.
If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.
I am very close to HIM, sometimes I think I am HIM, with my mood is the weather,bright and sunny forever.
Lover," she whispers, and closes her eyes. It falls upon her. Love is like dying.
I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe.
You are all wave particles when I close my eyes. I am no more entranced by your entanglement than a butterfly is to a bee.
One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, but doors in your mind could close.
I bought the Heartbreak Hotel, on my own with no investors. Closed it down and opened the Fuck You, Get Over It bed and breakfast.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.
I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip.
Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.
You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.
There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.
There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development.
There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.
