James Payn Quotes
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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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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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books.
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All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
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I knew you wanted to tell me;In your voice there was something wrong.But if you would turn your face away from me,You cannot tell me you're so strong.Just let me ask of you one small thing.As we have shared so many tears,With fervor our dreams we planned a whole life longNow are scattered on the wind...
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Justin Lin, the writer and director of the teenage-wasteland drama 'Better Luck Tomorrow,' a shrewdly tense piece of storytelling, recognizes that sometimes it's good for a filmmaker to stir up trouble.
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At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.
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The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
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One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.
