James Buchan Quotes
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.
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I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work.
Adam Driver
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
Larry Niven
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
Rabih Alameddine
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
Karen Armstrong
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
Damien Chazelle
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
Mal Peet
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
Pablo Sandoval
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New York City is my favorite city in the world.
Halston Sage
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
Olivia Wilde
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
Valerie Simpson
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
Vanessa Brown
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I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
Faith Hill
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
Vanessa Mae
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
Vidya Balan
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
Ed Rendell
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
Oswald Chambers
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I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been.
Fay Wray
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It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.
Daryl Hannah
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Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
Charles de Lint
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
Quentin Crisp
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Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.
Gwen Stefani No Doubt
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Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.
Primo Levi
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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.
James Buchan