Paul Verlaine Quotes
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I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.
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Knowing now what we have learned, unless the need were urgent, I could no more sink the blade of an ax into the tissues of a living tree than I could drive it into the flesh of a fellow human.
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The kind of job doesn't matter. The length of time on the job doesn't matter... If you work hard and do your best, you'll be recognized and move onward.
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Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples
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To stand out in the crowd I liked the color purple.
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The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.
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Moving to New York made all the difference in my creating this new series with Ellie Hatcher. I love Portland, and it's always going to be one of my favorite cities, but it was getting to the point where, after I'd moved to New York, I couldn't write as specifically about Portland any more.
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As an actor, what you really want to do is communicate with people - this is my aim, my principle aim.
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It makes no sense to say that death is the goal of life, but what else is there to say?
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La lune blancheLuit dans les bois;De chaque branchePart une voixSous la ramée.
