John Henry Newman Quotes
There is in stillness oft a magic powerTo calm the breast, when struggling passions lower;Touch'd by its influence, in the soul ariseDiviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
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Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Sky's the limit. I don't have a vision, because I want to do everything that I can.
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There is in stillness oft a magic powerTo calm the breast, when struggling passions lower;Touch'd by its influence, in the soul ariseDiviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
