Ian Somerhalder Quotes
To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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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 get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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You have to be yourself.
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I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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My real last name is Galifianakisburg.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person.
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It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a good way. You just never know what's going to happen. And things change constantly. But there's always opportunities for new work, so you just have to enjoy the job that you're on while you're on it because it doesn't last forever.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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When I was elected to Congress, I made a commitment to my constituents that my office would set the standard to be open and transparent.
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I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.
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To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
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To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are.
