Joshua Chamberlain Quotes
We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities.
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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
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The only power you have is the word no.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see.
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Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.
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The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.
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Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.
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We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities.
