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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

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An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

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When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. ↗

— John C. Ransom

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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly. ↗

— Harold Ross

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I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

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My kids act all the time and it's exactly what I used to do. ↗

— Stephen Rea

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We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day. ↗

— Robert Redford

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I can tell you one of the most surprising ingredients I've ever found. Perhaps five years ago on a beach I saw this herb that looked exactly like chives. I put it in my mouth and started chewing and, surprise, it tasted exactly like coriander. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

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He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

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