John Vanbrugh Quotes
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I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.
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It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.
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As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools.
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
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You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.
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The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.
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It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.
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Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.
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It rests in the hands of the common person as well as those with the power to shape humanity's course toward a world where every child, woman and man's most basic needs are met.
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Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
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I've never made a penny being a doctor, so that makes it not a job. My sense of a doctor is that one is a presence caring for health. So I'm never not a doctor. People call me from all over the world who are hurting, and I care for them. Chatting is what more people want than anything.
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Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.
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I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it as an outlet and emotional release. I kept it very close to myself and didn't tell too many people about it.
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The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
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The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.
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Creativity is bound up in our ability to find new ways around old problems.
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At a young age, I wanted to be a prima ballerina and had these grand ideas that I would go study at Juilliard. It's something I laugh about now.
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I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a god on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry.
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I used to be the youngest person on the set [of Bored To Death]. Now I'm very often the oldest person on the set. I feel lucky about that, to be honest. Lena [Dunham], by the way is a doll to me. So much fun to work with and really open.
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I'd encourage anyone at any level to take lessons, as it really can turn you into a different kind of skier.
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A slighted woman knows no bounds.
