James Henry Breasted Quotes
We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities.
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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I really feel my family is my priority.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.
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The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.
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So Columbus said, somebody show me the sunset and somebody did and he set sail for it, And he discovered America and they put him in jail for it, And the fetters gave him welts, And they named America after somebody else.
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There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.
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We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities.
