Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.
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Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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Our duty as journalists is to use our clarity - and our imagination - to build hope in the societies in which we work. Our duty is to keep holding power to account, and to fight for press freedom around the world.
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Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.