Frederick the Great Quotes
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
Quotes to Explore
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.
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It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.
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Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
