George Herbert Quotes
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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I told my doctor, "I've swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills" and he told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.
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One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
