Wallace Stevens Quotes
Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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I do all my own stunts. I'm kidding.
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We have friends in Italy who have these old stoves, and they turn out the most beautiful food. All you really need is time, the best ingredients, and love.
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I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
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The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.
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Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.
