Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

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• Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

  

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• Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

  

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• I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.

  

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• India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

  

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• I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.

  

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• The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

  

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• I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

  

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• I don't think about my fame very much.

  

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• What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.

  

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• I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.

  

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• The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.

  

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• Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

  

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• I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.

  

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• I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!

  

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• Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

  

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• Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

  

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• Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.

  

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• I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

  

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• Life in New York is one of succumbing to a tidal wave of control and direction, of numbing oneself to emotion.

  

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• If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

  

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• Personally, I'd like as many children as I can pop out, I reckon.

  

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• 'If we are focused on making money only, a large slice of life will pass us by.'

  

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• I was a class clown; the nuns didn't like that.

  

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• It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
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