Mata Hari
Mata Hari7 quotes“I have encountered in this world riff-raff and good people. I lose. I win. I defend myself when I am attacked. I take when someone has taken from me. But I beg you to believe me; I have never done an act of espionage against France. Never. Never.”
More from Mata Hari
My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple.
Mata HariMata Hari Everything is an illusion.
Mata HariMata Hari I was not content at home. . . I wanted to live like a colorful butterfly in the sun.
Mata HariMata Hari Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.
Mata HariMata Hari The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.
Mata HariMata Hari I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.
Mata HariMata Hari
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