Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.
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I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.
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The day I became a hero, my dream was realised. Everything else is a bonus.
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I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
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I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.
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When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
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Country music is what is sincere; that's the main thing.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains.
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I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very fortunate and understand how fortunate I am.
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Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
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I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents.
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I like to mix British classics, like a great trench, with fun vintage pieces I find in New York. L.A. style is often very relaxed and comfortable, and I appreciate that effortless feel.
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I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God.
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'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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“This is how I think of Mount Rainier, not as an icon of permanence but as a source of relentless change, a mountain forever falling.”
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The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear.
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I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.
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I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.
