Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I haven't actually studied acting at all.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.
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I expect a tough, hard fight. Liam Smith is coming to win.
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A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.
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After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
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I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!
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Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty.
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Now Livie's gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes. And I'm wondering what kind of friend I am, wanting my feet on that road to another place,instead of Livie's.
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I interviewed dozens and dozens of African women who had endured more hardship and trauma than most Westerners even read about, and they ploughed on. I often openly cried during interviews, unable to process this violence and hatred towards women I was witnessing.
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Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!