John Millington Synge Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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I'm usually cast for the more goofy and tomboyish characters.
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The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history. Thus, the peoples believe less and less in statements and promises.
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It was in World War I that the age-old certainties were lost. Until then aristocrats and capitalists felt secure in their position, and even socialists felt certain in their faith. It was never to be so again. The Age of Uncertainty began.
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We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.
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The world is not something to understand. Instead, you just adapt to it.
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Terrorists destroy randomly.
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They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.
