Philip Pullman Quotes
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that the relationship between a man and a woman can be something like a war itself, very cruel and violent.
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Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.
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When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going.
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I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.
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The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.
