John Buchan Quotes
I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.
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Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs.
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We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
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I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
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When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.
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The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.
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No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
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Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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For more than 40 years, I have advocated the creation of a 'round the clock' community. This would mean, at the least, housing, schools and shops of various kinds alongside the commercial buildings. That kind of community had appeared in lower Manhattan in nascent form before Sept. 11, 2001.
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I do see myself as an old-fashioned storyteller. But there's always a touch of the political in my plays.
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The Olympics, as a little kid, it was such a big goal that I created for myself, and I was able to push through and make that happen.
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I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.
