Paulo Coelho Quotes
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The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every evening, and spend all the weekends with them that I don't work. So as long as I'm not traveling, I'm always with them and I go to their soccer and tennis matches.
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Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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I actually think the one who is underestimated in terms of impact he's had on society is Bill Gates. The reason is that with the innovation of software, he really allowed the computer revolution to take hold.
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People don't really understand who I am. They always think that I'm very dark or depressed, but it couldn't be further from the truth!
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Mankind is one, seeing that all are equally subject to the moral law. All men are equal in God's eyes.
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Comic-Con has been an amazing experience. It's overwhelming, I have to admit, because of the lines and the crowds.
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Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on them.
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It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.
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I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.
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You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.
