Diogenes Quotes
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."
Quotes to Explore
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
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I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
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I've always refused to play terrorists.
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If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.
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'Manhattan Love Story' has a very special place in my heart for many reasons. We were very sad to see it go. It brought me to New York, and there's nothing better than getting to go to work and fall for Analeigh Tipton every day.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.
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I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.
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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.
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I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until I have a beat or a chord progression, I'll record it as a loop, export it to iTunes, then walk around with the loop and sort of talk to myself in the loop, and that's how I get the lyrics.
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I had plenty of invites and chances to party when I just started on tour, but I knew partying would prevent me from achieving my surfing potential.
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I was the guy that would cram for everything, so I guess I was a bit of a slacker. I was a procrastinator. I spent a lot of all-nighters getting ready for tests.
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As incompetent in life as in death, I loathe myself and in this loathing I dream of another life, another death. And for having sought to be a sage such as never was, I am only a madman among the mad.
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I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy.
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Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescence, but twenty-two would see thirty-eight with discerning clarity.
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The preachers who gain mighty results for God are the men who have prevailed in their pleadings with God ere venturing to plead with men.
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It's not my concern. It's your concern. I just keep working. I keep posing certain questions and I think there are times when people think "What happened to the Judith Butler I used to know?" or "She's not doing gender trouble. Does that mean she refuses it or she's disavowed it?" And I would say no. I have not refused or disavowed anything.
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He [Vince Spadea] was about as down and out as you could see from a Top 20 player. Then to claw his way back through the minor leagues and do it the hard way where he wasn't young, wasn't getting wildcards, wasn't getting any help. I guess he decided he was just going to do it.
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A little bit of suspicion is a dangerous thing; a drop from a pipette of poison into a bucket of otherwise clean water.
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I feel sad when I realize how much truth is being changed or obscured in the American media.
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Develop a mailing list... anyone who comes through your studio or meets you at art shows or anywhere. It's the power of permission-based marketing. Email your latest work to the list, every month.
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He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."
