Christian Slater Quotes
I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
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I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
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Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility.
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I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
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If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
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Jason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane?
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Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.
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I have an avocado tree at my place in Los Angeles - it's the smoother-skinned one, which tends to be a little stringy. Often the birds or raccoons get the avocados before I can harvest them. I have figs, too, which are great with prosciutto, of course. I have limes and lemons, which I use to make lemonade.
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In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.
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There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.
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I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.
