Bret Easton Ellis Quotes
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
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If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.
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The film I do doesn't have to be a film that only my kids can watch. My kids will watch films, but I will decide what they watch and not. My aim is to play different characters and not be stuck in a mould. Just because you are a mom and a wife doesn't meant you have to play those roles, even in films.
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If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.
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In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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My teacher basically bribed me back into learning with candy and money and what was really remarkable was before very long I had such a respect for her that it sort of re-ignited my desire to learn.
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I'd love to do theater. I've done so many plays in my life. I still think of that as my main thing.
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I think it's possible to a certain extent to make those comparisons. The problem is the detail with which the comparison can be made. Of course, the first place to make such a comparison would be to ask for a testimony from different people and have people report on what they experience.
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We'll slide down the surface of things...
