Democritus Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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One of the great difficulties as you rise up through an organisation is that your prior competencies are exploded and broken apart by the territory you've been promoted into: the field of human identity.
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My mom was a huge fan of 'Dirty Dancing.' I couldn't quite get a break, and she was like, 'Patrick Swayze was a dancer!' And Fred Astaire. I started dancing, and it led me to acting. It helps with fighting or whatever choreography in general.
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If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.
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A good plate of sushi after an opening helps to soothe that post-opening blues - especially since you feel like raw meat yourself.
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Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
