Erich Maria Remarque Quotes
Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it were, around solicitude for the flesh must be avoided by Christians.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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Jesus Christ is a prince of peace. He told us to live in peace. He told us to love our enemies. He told us to do good to them that spitefully use us.
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Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand. Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.
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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end.
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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Very often I've known people who wouldn't say a word to each other, but they'd go to see movies together and experience life that way.
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Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
