Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun.
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Originality, then, ultimately distinguishes art from craft. We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.
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I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.
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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
