John Hurt Quotes
Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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An audience is the perfect thing to unleash venom and hate on. It doesn't necessarily mean you hate everyone in the audience but when you've got a so-called adoring mass in front of you, it's a perfect target for that kind of disgust. Sometimes you find yourself in a position where you're venting your disgust on an audience and a lot of them keep coming back 'cos they actually like that aspect. In a way that diffuses the feeling and you don't gel the same release.
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I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that the worry about money really cast a pall over your life a lot of the time.
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Fashion is a lifestyle, it's a choice,it's a freedom of expression.You have to live it, you have to love it. You have to breathe it. Life's all about love and glamour.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.
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Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.
