Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction’s strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length; These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o’er the disentangled doom.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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When I was eight, a hippie guy taught me how to meditate and gave me this scarf I was supposed to wear when I meditated. I still have it; it's probably one of the items that mean most to me.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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It was traumatic for my children to see the British army en masse coming into our home and searching the house. I recall on one occasion, when our home was raided, my youngest son was standing at the top of the stairs - he would probably have been only three years of age - in his pyjamas. The soldiers came up the stairs, and he peed himself.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction’s strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length; These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o’er the disentangled doom.
