Joseph Conrad Quotes
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like 'The Day After Tomorrow' where I walk across country to find my family. That would be the kind of person I would be. I feel like I wouldn't be as scared. If it happens, it happens. You face it.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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I was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, when Egypt's state security was rounding people up in unprecedented numbers.
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'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.
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Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
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Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
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I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.
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Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. I am not sure but that the same may be said of an author's written language.
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It's not something someone sets out to do - I never really set out to make movies about strong fighting women, but it just seems to happen that way. I've certainly known some, and I think my sister was probably a big influence.
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We fit, you and I,” he whispered looking into that haunting gaze. “Two broken pieces making a whole.
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There are two great classes of men: the people and the scholars, the men of science. For the former, nothing exists but that which directly leads to action. It is for the latter to see beyond. They are the free artists who create the future and its history, the conscious architects of the world.
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I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.
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My acting wasn't the best. But damn, my ass looked tight.
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An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
