Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.
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The Spanish and the American audiences are lunatics. They are very passionate and, like the Irish, they don't have as many inhibitions. If you are playing somewhere like Austria or Sweden, it takes them a little while to come out of themselves.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.
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I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.
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February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.
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The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish.
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I've always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios.
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You go in the weight room and you lift weights and you do all these things to strengthen your body. This is strengthening your mind. When you can stay focused and you can use that focus to always come back with your breath to center yourself, so that you're kind of floating in the moment, in the spirit.
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If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences.
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The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
