Umberto Eco Quotes
The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed.
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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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 want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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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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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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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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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
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In a play, you only get one chance, and you have to get it perfect. In a film, you can change and fix it whatever way you want, so really, there's a pretty big difference.
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People think I'm girlish and flippant, but I was an honours student. I was voted Girl Most Likely To Succeed at North Mesquite High in Texas. My best subject was science. I won a scholarship.
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I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.
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If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they're not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way.
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You never want conflict. But sometimes conflict is inevitable.
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The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed.
