Ozzy Osbourne Quotes
But the thing with us was, we didn’t really need anyone to make us world famous – we were already halfway there.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
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America is an archipelago of tribes, a land where people form national families of kindred spirits.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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Charan is very hard-working and non-egoistic, given the family he comes from. He is very open to listening, and he surrenders himself completely to the director. It was lovely to work with an actor like that.
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Much before I entered films, my dad walked into my room and saw me busy drawing something at 3 A.M. He stood there for some time and said, 'Whatever career choice you make, you are going to be successful.' I'll never forget those words. It gave me the confidence to be who I am today.
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The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones. Even though they weren't always the greatest of movies, something in them was very potent which people loved.
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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.
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Businesses that fail to develop their staff are twice as likely to collapse. Firms seeking to reposition themselves for the economic upturn need to invest in their staff's flexibility, responsiveness and skills.
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I was studying with Peter Carey, Colum McCann; but also, my fellow students were really critical readers for me.
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I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some.
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Who could believe in prophecies of Daniel or of Miller that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds?
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I don't think I'll get married again. I'm not looking for it. What I can say about my divorce and my failed engagement is that I learned where my bar is.
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You could be attached to merely a description of a plant or a flower. Or a narrative of an event. Or rage at injustice. Isaiah and the other Hebrew prophets, in their rage, were being altogether attached - not at all detached, although as I think of the word "detachment," I also think of a sheet of paper, loose from its notebook, fluttering around somewhere in the wind trying to find its home again.
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But the thing with us was, we didn’t really need anyone to make us world famous – we were already halfway there.
