Eric Hoffer Quotes
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
Quotes to Explore
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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Topshop is the only brand I've ever collaborated with on a fashion collection.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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I am fully aware of the concept of political revolutions. After all, that is what we hoped might happen in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, but what actually happened was capitalist restoration.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
Garry Kasparov -
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.
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The 20th-century ulcer epidemic was a sign of good health in American people - good diet, strong acidity and healthy immune response actually make ulcers more likely. That's why businessmen eating giant T-bone steaks were prone to ulcers.
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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
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I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.
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To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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I'm a family man. I just love being around my family.
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My goal has always been to play golf, and play it well. In the end, that's what I am, a golfer. If my back lets me, I'm going to play my favorite places. If I hurt myself, that'll probably be it for a while.
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There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
