John Hurt Quotes
I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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'This Is Not That Dawn' is remarkable in part for its careful and sensitive attention to women's lives - and also for its harsh critique of men and their failure to stop violence.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.
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I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'
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Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.
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The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding more is better than knowing and understanding less.
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I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.
