Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.
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I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
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Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.'
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel.
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One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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Reliability is the precondition for trust.
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To love beauty is to see light.
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Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.
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To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.
