Ivan Turgenev Quotes
The people who bind themselves to systems are those who are unable to encompass the whole truth and try to catch it by the tail; a system is like the tail of truth, but truth is like a lizard; it leaves its tail in your fingers and runs away knowing full well that it will grow a new one in a twinkling.
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I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
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In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases they're not.
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This is the time to pull together as a Nation, as different people from all over the States with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most.
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So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
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We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.
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Believe me, it's not easy being an actress and a producer, especially with no big daddy to support you.
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Before it exploded one night, I went to a four grade, two room schoolhouse and we had textbooks from the 1940s.
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I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
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I've seen rock stars agonize over the fact that another artist has far more Facebook 'likes' and Twitter followers than they do.
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The people who bind themselves to systems are those who are unable to encompass the whole truth and try to catch it by the tail; a system is like the tail of truth, but truth is like a lizard; it leaves its tail in your fingers and runs away knowing full well that it will grow a new one in a twinkling.
