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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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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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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I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.
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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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What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.
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I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities.
