Franz Kafka Quotes
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
Gary Ross
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
Natalie Gulbis
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
Walter Scott
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
Madhuri Dixit
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
Maggie Stiefvater
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
Kailash Satyarthi
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
Laura Dern
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
Hans Blix
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
Orlando Bloom
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
Barbara Mikulski
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
Barbara Eden
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
Abraham Maslow
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In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Karen Salmansohn
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
Imelda Staunton
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
Ian Hacking
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
Maisie Williams
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Natalie Portman
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Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.
Zhang Yimou
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... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope.
Gabriel Marcel
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We are the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.
Wallace Stegner
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True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.
Dada Vaswani
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Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then, the UFC had a very serious and big crisis; they were going through some tough times trying to get top fighters. All the best fighters were in PRIDE.
Fedor Emelianenko
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'She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,' cried the young Student; 'but in all my garden there is no red rose.'
Oscar Wilde
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From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you.
Franz Kafka