Boris Pasternak Quotes
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I lost both of them admirably. I didn't realize how much it would hurt for them to actually hit me.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.
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I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.
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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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If I read a script and find it engaging and I start making choices in my mind on how to approach the work, than that's a good indication that it is something worth pursuing.
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For the liespotter who knows how to listen well, the random words, sounds, and phrases in a person's speech are never as random as they seem. They offer a clear sightline into the liar's psyche.
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How long can this situation last and be tolerated? When Imam Ali, Commander of the Faithful, heard that an anklet was forcefully removed from the feet of a Jewish woman by the invaders in one of the frontier cities under his rule, he said, 'If a man dies from grief because of this act, he should not be reprimanded.'
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I lost my eyesIn east wind skiesHere's where I've criedWhere I've triedWhere God and the Tendaberry riseWhere Quakers and revolutionariesJoin for life
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Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm to party and get laid, and when he'd come back at 3am, I would still be sitting in the same place, playing guitar. I did that for years - I still do that.
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And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.
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They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.
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In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.
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What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.
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A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustn't be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.
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Ch. 1, part 5
