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Don't park... Arrival is the death of inspiration. -- Ernst Haas
Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner. -- Henri Matisse
Arrival at a new destination only occurs from leaving your current location. -- Chris Hogan
Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return. -- Dejan Stojanovic
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment. -- Rosamunde Pilcher
The Cro-Magnons lived with fear and amazement in a culture of Arrival, facing many mysteries. Their culture lasted for some 20,000 years. -- John Berger
No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living. -- William Saroyan
In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. -- Rudolf Arnheim
India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world. -- Aravind Adiga
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks. -- John Hume
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs. -- Thomas Sydenham
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain. -- Jane Bryant Quinn
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. -- Joseph Brodsky
My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival. People treated me extremely well. -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost. -- Seamus Heaney
In the first day of the Soviet Army's arrival, I and the other comrades were isolated and then found ourselves here, not knowing anything... I can only conjecture what could have happened. -- Alexander Dubcek
The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea. -- John Dyer
Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. -- David Crystal
The arrival of thousands of Muslim infiltrators to Israeli territory is a clear threat to the state's Jewish identity. The refugees' place is not among us, and the initiative to transfer them to Australia is the right and just solution. -- Danny Danon
Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace. -- John Desmond Bernal
The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence. -- Freeman Dyson
Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force. -- Gerd von Rundstedt
Only nine States have been represented since my arrival 'till within three days. There are now Eleven States barely represented. This tardiness in the States or their Delegates, besides retarding the most important Business makes it exceeding fatiguing to those that do attend. -- William Whipple
Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters. -- Natasha Trethewey
I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. -- David Hockney
It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province. -- Tan Le
In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along came this woman who seemed to have no manners at all and said exactly what she thought. Everyone's eyes were popping and their jaws were dropping, and I really enjoyed that. -- Tom Stoppard
For months, my parents had been trying to prepare me for the arrival of a real sibling. They had given me a doll to play with and encouraged me to take care of her. And when the baby, a little boy they named Rahm, finally arrived, they encouraged me to help take care of him, too. -- Ezekiel Emanuel
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I never considered them Pietro Miccas who torch the powder and go up with the citadel in order to block the arrival of the enemy troops at Torino. I never considered them soldiers. -- Oriana Fallaci
The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young. -- Lynne Reid Banks
It's funny how we 'do' Christmas. Christmas is not something that we do, it is something that was done. It celebrates the long awaited arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We had nothing to do with it, but what we can do is praise God for the coming of the Lord, who washed away the sins of the world by dying on the cross. -- Monica Johnson
Its the journey that counts, not the arrival. -- Diane Keaton
Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival. -- Octavio Paz
Wandering flushes a glory that fades with arrival. -- J. A. Baker
Perfume heralds a womanâ??s arrival and prolongs her departure. -- Coco Chanel
The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness. -- Seal
Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are. -- Maria Popova
Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness. -- Mark Twain
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies. -- Guy de Maupassant
The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart. -- William P. Young
What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten. -- Louise GluÌ?ck
The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing. -- Paul Theroux
Grief embraced him and welcomed him back, showering tears upon his arrival. -- Faraaz Kazi
Yoga is both the movement toward and the arrival at a point. -- T. K. V. Desikachar
The way people are being displaced, who can stop the arrival of Maoism? -- V. P. Singh
Make space in your life for the inevitable arrival of what you want. -- Danielle LaPorte
The arrival of Ade Akinbiyi gave everyone a lift. He's a natural born goalscorer. -- Trevor Francis
Success is taken by the man, who has made himself ready for its arrival. -- Chris Murray
In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. -- Neil Armstrong
many writers believe in arrival without leaving home. They believe in talent but not skill. -- Judy Delton
Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems. -- Jacob Zuma
Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. -- Alvin Toffler
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. -- Thomas Carlyle
Sometimes I feel as if I'm only a doorman awaiting the arrival of her royal majesty. -- Carew Papritz
Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl. -- William Feather
A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent. -- Stuart Woods
I despised my arrival on this earth and I despise my departure; it is a tragedy. -- William Shakespeare
Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq. -- Dick Cheney
When I fart my ass makes a trumpet sound that heralds the arrival of the smell. -- Adam Carolla
In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival. -- May Sarton
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all! -- Rumi
Mankind has the genius to bring all the world together and the ignorance to fight upon arrival. -- Wes Fesler
It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure. -- Coco Chanel
Mal Blum's arrival on the indie scene gives us all hope for the future of smart music. -- Melissa Ferrick
Craving security is the cause of insecurity. Freedom is knowing that the only point of arrival is now. -- Deepak Chopra
Miracles never cease to amaze me. I expect them, but their consistent arrival is always delightful to experience. -- Mark Victor Hansen
If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless. -- Crystal Eastman
If you act anxiously to hasten your results, you delay their arrival. Calm poise reveals the shortest route home. -- Alan Cohen
God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile. -- Max Lucado
It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival. -- Rudolf Arnheim
I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival -- Gillian Flynn
We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention. -- David Hanson
I think, that after the arrival of the mechanical clock we see an explosion in scientific thinking and scientific discovery. -- Nicholas G. Carr
Regardless of the circumstances that surrounded your arrival, you are not an accident. God planned you before you were born. -- Max Lucado
We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking. -- Nicholas G. Carr
The 1920s are the decade that signaled the arrival of a gift that still means a lot to us: Saturday. -- Amity Shlaes
Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it. -- Chaim Weizmann
Our tomorrows must be met at the time of their arrival... with the HOPE they are as BEAUTIFUL as today! -- Joe Peterson
As believers we have no need to fear death. Christ himself assures us of a safe arrival home in heaven! -- Paul P. Enns
Pray for what you want.Expect your answer in due time.Be strong to wait for the arrival of answer. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival. -- Eva Herzigova
Traveling is a constant arriving, while arrival that precludes further traveling is most easily attained by going to sleep or dying. -- John Dewey
It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed. -- Jonathan Lethem
Although it may be unused, the front door continues to appeal to our sense arrival. Call it the ceremony of coming home. -- Akiko Busch
I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it. -- Horatio Nelson
What would make it very difficult to take society back to a repressive time would be technology. The arrival of the Internet. -- Hugh Hefner
The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four. -- C. S. Lewis
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with drugs. -- Thomas Sydenham
Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey. -- C.P. Cavafy
We're following the evolution of tennis. On the women's side, there has been a very positive change, with the arrival of many new stars. -- Stephane Simian
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival. -- David Attenborough
How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth. -- Alice Walker
We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely -- Antonio Guterres
Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world? -- Thomas Carlyle
The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay. -- George Grey
We're about to see an acceleration in technological platforms that, for marketers, will be on a scale rivalled only by the arrival of color TV. -- Eric Schmidt
With the arrival of humans, it has been said, the universe has suddenly become conscious of itself. This, truly, it the greatest mystery of all. -- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
I don't really wanna know what makes you leave, or when you'll be back.I just wanna know what will make me cry at your arrival. -- Ade Santi
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from afar. -- Claire Messud
If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a wandering to find home, why should we not look forward to the arrival? -- C. S. Lewis
Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in a public space. -- Elizabeth Alexander
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left. -- David Nicholls
The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France! -- Antonia Fraser
As many as two out of every three Europeans who came to the colonies were debtors on arrival: they paid for their passage by becoming indentured servants. -- Jill Lepore
In the deepest darkness God tenderly grasps my hand and whispers that darkness is nothing more than a place that He is preparing for the arrival of light. -- Craig D. Lounsbrough
In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way. -- Paul Allen
There are storm clouds before the storm, there are the living before the dead. I need a figurehead, a banner bearer who will announce my arrival to the world. -- Kevin Outlaw
No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us. -- Luis Valdez
My paintings and sculptures, at first glance, may appear to be purely aesthetic; closer up, they are not. They hold a feeling of tentativeness, combined with a sense of arrival. -- Budd Hopkins
You have time. Meaning don't use it, but pass through time in patience, waiting for something to come. Prepare for its arrival. Don't rush to meet it. Be a conduit. -- Rachel Kushner
If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival. -- Randy Weber
Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It congratulates you, on your arrival, at having escaped from the slop pails of the other 49 states. -- Alistair Cooke
It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason -- W. C. Fields
How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival. -- Daniel Alarcon
Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked. -- Nuruddin Farah
Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand. -- Dan Fogelberg
O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour. -- William Shakespeare
Since we had nothing to do with our arrival and usually are not consulted about our departure, what makes so many of us think we're entitled to so much while we're here? -- Malcolm Forbes
At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable. -- Erwin W. Lutzer
The natural end of an era, as designers whose houses bear their names grow old and pass away, combined with the arrival of digital cameras and Internet exposure, has created a perfect storm. -- Suzy Menkes

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