Denis Diderot Quotes
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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God made them as stubble to our swords.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.
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With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted and sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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In playing Beethoven the violinist should be a medium. There is little that is personal or that can be reduced to ingratiating sounds, pleasing slides and so on. Everything is dictated by the significance, the weight, structure and direction of the notes and passages themselves.
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Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
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I'm involved in a different kind of campaign myself - to make sure that the climate crisis is the number one issue on the agenda of candidates in both parties. And I know that sounds like an unrealistic goal right now, but I will wager that by the time the elections of November 2008 come around, it will be the number one issue in both parties.
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I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.
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Men’s pay paid women to love and nurture, to connect and feel. To be nurturer-connectors. In contrast, men received their pay by being some form of killer-protector. By becoming a human doing (a captain or a coal miner), not a human being (a person who feels happy or sad).
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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You experience your soul each time you sense yourself as more than a mind and body, your life as meaningful, or you feel that you have gifts to give and you long to give them.
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I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport.
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On doit exiger de moi que je cherche la vérité, mais non que je la trouve.
