Persius Quotes
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.
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Tony Blair is a war criminal, and I think he should be tried as a war criminal. Then I see Bono and him as pals, and I'm going, 'I don't like that.' Do I think George Bush is a war criminal? Probably - but the difference between him and Tony Blair is that Blair is intelligent. So, he has no excuse.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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I've accompanied several dying people on their travels, and the desert seems to be a favored destination. It is very hot and dry and lyrical in its own way.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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I'm very inspired by past music.
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Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
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The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.
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The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. 'You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,' Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.
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It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.
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There are things that happen and leave no discernible trace, are not spoken of or written of, though it would be wrong to say that subsequent events go on indifferently, all the same, as though such things had never been.
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My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there.
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To recover the fatherhood idea, we must fashion a new cultural story of fatherhood. The moral of today's story is that fatherhoodis superfluous. The moral of the new story must be that fatherhood is essential.
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People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print.
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We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
