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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There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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Tell the truth.
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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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The more people love you, the more there's going to be people that hate you.
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We always make music and continue to make hits.
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
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I don't think I'm ready for New York.
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I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.
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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.
