Walt Whitman Quotes
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I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.
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I have to get a workout in in the morning. Once my day starts, I'll have the best intentions, and it still won't happen: one of the kids needs to be picked up somewhere, I have to hop on a conference call, or I'm just tired. So I get it done in the A.M.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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It's been wonderful to hear so many excited and intelligent responses to 'Beautiful Children,' not only from reviewers but also from the people coming out to my readings.
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The Amazons were notorious for their freedom: their sexual freedom, their freedom to hunt, to be outdoors, to go to war; and the Greeks, both men and women alike, were fascinated by these stories. Maybe it was a safe way to explore the idea of women who could be equals of men.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
