Socrates Quotes
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Awards don't really mean much.
Uta Hagen -
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
Zadie Smith -
I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
Carl Lewis -
I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
Patricia Ireland -
All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage.
Vash Young -
There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
Uday Kotak -
We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
Wendell Willkie -
Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
Sam Kinison -
It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
Daniel Craig -
I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
Dakota Blue Richards -
Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
Oscar Hammerstein II
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
Olivia Wilde -
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
Dakota Fanning -
I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
Taraji P. Henson -
Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
Tamra Davis -
I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
Gary Numan -
Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
Patti Smith
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To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.
David Hockney -
As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect.
Jeffrey Skoll -
I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.
Socrates