Quotes About Meaning

Internet is exemplary for me. I do not want to have the feeling of writing 'for eternity,' so to speak. The fleetingness of the Internet has therefore become very attractive to me.

Maybe I am looking for the reason why I exist.

What is the value of your existence?

What I try to do is find a language for life.

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.

'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'

If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him.

The first time I read 'Leftovers,' I didn't get it at all.

You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.

I've been being asked about my legacy since I was about 25 years old. I'm not sure you can have a legacy when you're 25 years old. Even 37. I'd like to have to be, like, 70 to have a legacy. I'm not even 100 percent sure what the word even means.

What does legacy mean? I never think or go there.

People throw legacy and dynasty around a bit too much.

What impact are you making, not only today, but for eternity? What impact are you making to leave a legacy?

For me, the story must be the hero of the film. The screen space or the length of my role does not matter.

I go by the content of the script and not the length of the role.

For me, a good role, and not the length, is important.

It's great for my confidence getting a letter saying 'All I want from life, Katie, is you and health.'

We want to have a conversation about what does it mean to be liberal in the 21st century and how do we go about creating that kind of a society.

Everything in life happens for a reason.

I know what it meant to me to play the Reverend Mother, a role I've, in some ways, prepared a lifetime to do. It's why I took the part.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

'Lauv' comes from the Latvian word for lion, and my mom's side of the family is from Latvia - it's a place I've been probably 15 times or more. I'm also a Leo, and my real name, Ari, means lion.

We like lists because we don't want to die.

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.