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.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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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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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.
Mahatma Gandhi
I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents.
Laura Dern
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.
Harley Viera-Newton
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.
Saint Patrick
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Mahatma Gandhi
I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
Maya Angelou
I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one, which affected people in a bad way.
Daniel Johns
Silverchair
To give pleasure to the old man, I clumsily tried to learn, and I was dreadfully bad.
Astor Piazzolla
I just never really thought there could be something worse than death.
Oliver Sykes
Bring Me the Horizon
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.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
