James Russell Lowell Quotes
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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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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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
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People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything.
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In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.
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This time the fluttery feeling in my stomach was more intense. It made the inside of my thighs tingle and my breathing deepen.
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When I was 16, I really discovered good stuff like Detroit techno or gabba from Holland.
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Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
