Ernest Dimnet Quotes
We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive.
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An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.
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To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're OK.
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Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.
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Crowdsourcing aid is a cunning way to work around the do-nothing corridors of official Washington. But it also raises complicated questions about the nature of humanitarianism and what it means for a 'nation' to help.
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We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
