Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
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To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.
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The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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When I'm not acting, I'm usually sailing or camping or exploring or travelling or spending time in New Zealand.
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It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.
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MAGGIE: Did you have a good time? HILDA: The affair ran the usual course. Fever, boredom, trapped. MAGGIE: Hot, rinse, spin dry.
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I'm totally comfortable with myself.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.