Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
The void, the concept of nothingness, is terrifying to most people on the planet. And I get anxiety attacks myself. I know the fear of that void. You have to learn to die before you die. You give up, surrender to the void, to nothingness.
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
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My father is my inspiration.
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I'm not totally sure what I want to be doing, but it's so fun to be on 'SNL' because you get exposed to so many different people and so many different experiences. It's a cool, lucky way to break into the business.
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If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
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I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.
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Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking.
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But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this and acting upon it before it is too late. But it is often too late, isn’t it? – and those things that we should have said are unsaid, and remain unsaid for ever.
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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
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My favorite show is 'Parks and Recreation.'
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I was working in theater, so I didn't get to go to my prom.
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The void, the concept of nothingness, is terrifying to most people on the planet. And I get anxiety attacks myself. I know the fear of that void. You have to learn to die before you die. You give up, surrender to the void, to nothingness.
