Denis Diderot Quotes
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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Since our inception, Youku Tudou as the leader in the multi-screen video space has helped transform how video and entertainment-related content is distributed and marketed.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsessed with the sugar free box, and I'm just obsessed with the classic.
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I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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I love action movies.
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I think I'm going to do a workout tape called 'Hand to God to Abs of Steel.'
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It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, 'The secret is comprised in three words- Work, Finish, Publish.'
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Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.
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A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is. It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.
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We're moved by emotions and characters and stories. We love that.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
