Bernard Williams Quotes
I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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People have more dimensions to them than we give them credit for. The person you meet on the street that you think is someone, and it's someone else. I'm mistaken for someone else all the time.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
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“Why did this war have to happen at all? Because humanity had to be shown where its godlessness was taking it.”
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When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with.
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The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.
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Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea.
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I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.
