George Henry Lewes Quotes
Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other.
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DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.
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I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
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There's nothing good about divorce.
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I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.
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There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.
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Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.
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Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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The Gong Show provided me with five years of the happiest times of my life, but that's that. And to be known as the guy who gave the world The Gong Show - listen, my Uncle George isn't known as anything. So I guess it isn't so bad in that context.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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I was thinking about how fleeting and precious life is. Life is also arbitrary. For example, the choices that you make, the luck of being born into the right bed, to parents who support and help you and who love you. That doesn't always happen - and then, what happens when it doesn't?
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I wouldn't consider myself a so-called 'celebrity.' Arrrgh, for the love of God!
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
