Vanity Quotes
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie usTo see oursel's as ithers see us!It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I am really happy to see the number of entrepreneurs in India - not only because of the ideas they have but also because of the passion at which their ideas are put across.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
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It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show. I think one of the things that helped its mystique is, it never came out on DVD or video or whatever.
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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Love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive.
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.
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I've always thought a novelist only has one character, and that is himself or herself. In my case, me.
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Oh, wad some power the giftie gie usTo see oursel's as ithers see us!It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.
