Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
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I don't get star-struck at all.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I travel a lot, and that makes it harder to date, but it also opens up opportunities for me to meet people where I wouldn't normally meet them.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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I was probably 14 or 15 when I was first on stage at school doing 'Measure for Measure.' I immediately felt it was a great way of expressing oneself at a moment when I didn't think I could express myself, really. I suddenly had access to this range of emotions and thoughts and feelings that were there in me. I was surprised by that.
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After we shot the first 'Twilight,' we organized our own wrap party. We really didn't know what this was going to be. Something like that can come at you unexpectedly, and you just have to try your best to deal with it.
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My father was from Northern Ireland, and coming from somewhere like that, your faith defines you. That's something we don't really understand outside Northern Ireland, but because of my parents and grandparents, I've experienced it.
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My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.
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Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
