Charlie Siem Quotes
The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could be out to dinner or having a drink at a bar, and someone could just give me a violin, and I've got to be ready to play.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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What humanity needs today is not merely philosophy or theology, but a message or reassurance.
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Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.
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We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.
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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.
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Rand always says, 'Never pass up an opportunity to pass moral judgment.' Well I say: 'Look for an opportunity to do something more useful instead.' Nobody was led to virtue by being told he was a scoundrel.
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I loved New York-every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong-visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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I think the process of 'I Love It' becoming such a big song opened my eyes to sides of the industry that I'd never been aware of, which I wasn't so into.
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I'm in a generation where MAC is the reigning brand for a lot of women - black, white, and other.
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To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination.
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People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.
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I'm a big fan of the rule of law.
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I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.
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Absence makes the heart grow frozen, not fonder.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could be out to dinner or having a drink at a bar, and someone could just give me a violin, and I've got to be ready to play.
