Ivan Turgenev Quotes

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.

Ivan Turgenev

• Life
• Nature
• Lose
• Destroying

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• It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

  

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• Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

  

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• Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

  

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• A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.

  

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• Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.

  

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• I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.

  

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• A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.

  

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• What I think happened to the new arenas is that you need some memories. I remember going when the Staples Center first opened and it was like, 'OK,' but a couple championships later, and all of a sudden it becomes your house. You have to stake claim to it.

  

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• Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.

  

  Ivan Turgenev
  • Life
  • Nature
  • Lose