Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
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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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Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
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Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
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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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If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus'd among the People, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great Security.
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I respect coaches; I respect what good coaches do. I know that you don't learn to be a coach in an hour and a half.
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Men become old, but they never become good.
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Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.
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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
