Chilon of Sparta Quotes
Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
Quotes to Explore
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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I always tell younger actors that if they want to learn the ropes, there's no better place to do it than right here in the U.K.
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I love exercise, but I didn't join a single sports club as a student - I have no hand-eye coordination. Things like yoga are amazing, but anything with a ball just isn't for me.
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We do participate in the government programs, like probably 95 percent of farmers do. People who aren't familiar with the agriculture industry, you know, try and make that look like something exceptional.
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The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.
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Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
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Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
