Peter Abelard Quotes
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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A thousand people will stop smoking today. Their funerals will be held sometime in the next three or four days.
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Believe it or not, the biggest obstacle for a business owner with any size business is the internal response to the question - 'Now what?' Often this question is followed by a - deer in the headlights - response, which is then followed by stagnation. Following stagnation comes fear.
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I've heard players, and I'm talking about some of the best players in the league, question whether I've taken steroids or not. Some of the things I hear are pretty funny, and some people are idiots, frankly.
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Only the power of the Living Christ proclaimed in demonstration of the Holy Spirit, can meet the urgent needs of humanity.
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Singers- nothing sounds like you. For better or worse-there is only 1 of you. Don't homogenize your sound by making it just like the next.
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By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.
