Lafcadio Hearn Quotes
Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists...but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I remember when the Bic pen was controversial. They came from France. They were cheap, and when one was out of ink, you threw it away; you didn't dip it into more ink.
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You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do.
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Now, there are more and more Asian models and opportunities to understand Asian beauty.
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I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.
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People shouldn't look at me and think life is one big piece of glamour. That's the marketing, the spin. Life is challenging. But I have courage, strength, and enough good health to see the positive.
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Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists...but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.
