George Horace Lorimer Quotes
Were we all one body, we should lose the tremendous stimulation that comes from the present arrangement, and I fear that our uniformity would become the uniformity of death and the tomb.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Unfortunately, I'm very accident-prone.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it's like making a really compact movie. Because you don't have as much time, especially hour long shows, they move so quickly.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
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If I read in a paper that somebody has said something about me, I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt; I really am!
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It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way.
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.
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The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.
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A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.
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I went into acting because I'm easily bored. Acting seemed to give vent to a lot of different feelings.
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Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
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Despite what you might guess, when monitoring your breathing, your body doesn't care whether you're inhaling enough oxygen. It cares only whether you're expelling enough carbon dioxide - that's the gas that sets off the panic button when you're suffocating.
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Were we all one body, we should lose the tremendous stimulation that comes from the present arrangement, and I fear that our uniformity would become the uniformity of death and the tomb.
