Denis Diderot Quotes
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don’t remember ever having seen one weep.
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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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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I would love to work with Anthony Hopkins; I would love to work with Meryl Streep; I would love to work with DeNiro; I would love to work with Johnny Depp; I'd love to work with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow... I think she's amazing.
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We think of the revolution ending in Yorktown, Va. The fact of the matter is that the French defeated the British in a naval battle right in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Because the British fleet was coming to rescue Cornwallis, the British general, Washington was able to surround Cornwallis.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.
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Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that.
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I never remember my dreams.
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Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.
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I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don’t remember ever having seen one weep.
