Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
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You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.
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I used to wonder because I never thought I looked like either of my parents, but now I think I look like a conglomeration.
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I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of albums to figure out how to do that.
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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
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The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one.
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.
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I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.
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I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.
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'Sharp it away, lad, sharp it away,' the burly guardsman said, making the blade skitter across the whetstone, 'lest otherways ye’ll be a girl afore ye’re a man.'
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I went to Salt Lake City and the Mormons tried to convert me, but when I found they forbade tea and tobacco I thought it was no religion for me.
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Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to be successful.
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With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.
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I don't have any weird gimmicks. I do put on lipstick for the show. That's what separates it. 'Cause I don't wear makeup at all... That's probably the closest thing I have to a routine.
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I think that's the type of game I'm better at - faster paced, just moving the ball more around.
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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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I love all Helmut Lang. I love Alexander Wang and Alice+Olivia.
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In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.
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If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.
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I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies.
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...philosophy is more often the systematization of the prejudices of philosophers than the systematization of nature. Distrust all generalizations: stick to the concrete.
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A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
