Franz Kafka Quotes
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
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The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.
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'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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You don't want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important - no fog machines.
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In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.
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I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
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I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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I've sung other people's music all my life.
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'Dancing with the Stars' was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I'm a fighter, or they couldn't believe I'm a professional fighter, but I feel like I'm going to get that for a while. I'm excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.
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No, I've never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot.
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Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
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Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.
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The problem with the so-called bloody surveillance state is that it’s hard work trying to track someone’s movements using CCTV – especially if they’re on foot. Part of the problem is that the cameras all belong to different people for different reasons. Westminster Council has a network for traffic violations, the Oxford Street Trading Association has a huge network aimed at shop-lifters and pickpockets, individual shops have their own systems, as do pubs, clubs and buses. When you walk around London it is important to remember that Big Brother may be watching you, or he could be having a piss, or reading the paper or helping redirect traffic around a car accident or maybe he’s just forgotten to turn the bloody thing on.
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Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.
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Could mere loving be a life's work? Could it be a career like marriage or nursing the sick or going on the stage? Could it be adventure?
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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
