Plato Quotes
Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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When I watch myself, I see nothing but faults, like, 'This I need to do different, this I need to do different,' and so if there comes a point in time where I'm like, 'Man, this whole thing is just getting really stale,' I am not opposed to being the bad guy again.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'
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There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.
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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
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I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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I loved living in Hollywood - and the weather there was just fantastic - but there is something about rural England, and especially Suffolk and Norfolk, that pulls at my heartstrings.
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God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?
