Franz Kafka
Writer
"If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss."
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Throwing
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Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"How good would it be if one could die by throwing oneself into an infinite void."
Nhat Hanh
Zen Master, Author
"Understanding means throwing away your knowledge."
Ernest Hemingway
Novelist
"You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket."
Madonna Ciccone
Singer
"Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all."
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"A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture."
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"The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion."
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"However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I'm pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates."
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"You can always avert throwing yourself in front of an oncoming train. There is something that just pulls you away - and it has pulled me away, because I'm not dead yet - just at the brink of impact. Sometimes I have been really grazed by that train."
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"My policy is 'No stone throwing regardless of housing situation.'"
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"Every day's a blessing, so I'm just out there throwing my best."
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"*Throwing bread out of door* AND STAY OUT!"
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"We have to be careful that in throwing out the devil, we don't throw out the best part of ourselves."
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"Well this is just a fist. But when I start throwing it around I can leave one hell of a mess."
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"The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless."
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