John Locke Quotes
To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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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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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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Developing nations want to become developed nations.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them.
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I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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We rarely have good alternatives to offer to prison - that's our default.
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One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.
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At Tenafly High, I was lucky to have some dedicated teachers; I'm especially indebted to my calculus instructor, Francis Piersa, who opened my eyes to the striking beauty of mathematics.
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The situation is grave, ... We have all worked hard to support the legitimate prime minister.
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In relationships, you want to be secure but not know what's coming next. Everyone has to have secrets, but if I'm asked a question, I'll answer honestly.
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To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
