Frans van Houten Quotes
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings.
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The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
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I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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In a democracy, power is not permanent.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with life
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.
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It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea.
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I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off. I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted. You get bummed out, and then you go, 'Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself.' That kind of helps.
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