Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.
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It's obviously presumptuous in some ways to talk about somebody's sexuality who's not here to describe themselves.
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Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.
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We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
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The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.
