Emile Zola Quotes
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.
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I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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You never know what the future brings.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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I know all the books of the Bible.
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You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.
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Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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It's really odd to be up close to an icon like Bruce Willis. You're used to seeing him on a screen, 50 feet tall. To think, 'Hmm, I'm taller than you are' is just weird.
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People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
