Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
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I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.
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I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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We own a shopping center in Temecula that is occupied and making money. In Florida, I am doing a 500-home subdivision just north of Eglin Air Force Base.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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Our mental environment is a common-property resource like the air or the water. We need to protect ourselves from unwanted incursions into it, much the same way we lobbied for non-smoking areas ten years ago.
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The revolution of Saint Domingo was taking its course. I saw that the whites could not endure, because they were divided and because they were overpowered by numbers; I congratulated myself that I was a black man.
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I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.
