Emily Dickinson Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
