John Eccles Quotes
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I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
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There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.
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Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment.
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There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
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Tell you what," he said, noticing my stare. "I know you can't get a license, but I might be able to do something better." "What?" He smiled. "How would you like to come to school with me tomorrow and see a real, live locker?" I'm pretty sure I squealed.
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To strip a man of all loyalties but those to the state, makes him not only a worm but a monster, without a shred of humanity.
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I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.
