Matthew Arnold Quotes
Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the children of the light.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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I think at this point I only write books about questions I really want to figure out. They're indulgences, essentially. I think, 'What would I like to spend five years really thinking about? What could I gain from thinking about for five years?'
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I find that the 'moms club' is a very, very exclusive club! It's the club of mothers who wear skinny jeans and white button-down shirts and wash their hair twice a day! I do not, and mothers who do make me feel really bad. You know who I am talking about!
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But I'd have to say Young Frankenstein, which I can watch forever.
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Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy.
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I don't mind aging - I'm glad to be aging. I'll never die young.
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Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the children of the light.
