Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing.
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.
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I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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When I was younger I would go to the airport with my friends and drive out 2 A.M., 3 A.M. in the morning and just hang out until sunrise watching planes fly in and fly out. Just sit there and dream about how, one day, that's going to be us in those flights. We're gonna be one of those people with places to go.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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It was growing dusk, the blue hour when solid things take on a certain transparency and phantoms become palpable.
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When I'm dealing with Britney Spears and Katy Perry, these massive brands, like, really, very Coca-Cola, you know what I mean? There are certain kinds of standards. There are risks you can take, and there's risks that you don't. And I think I'm interested in taking a little more risk in my own music.
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I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
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You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.
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As those persons who despair of ever being rich make little account of small expenses, thinking that little added to a little will never make any great sum.
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Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing.
