Isabelle Eberhardt (Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt) Quotes
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
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Everything is real on me.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I also chanted with Buddhist friends and prayed with Christian friends. I covered all my bases.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.
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The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.
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Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing.
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Hello you little charmers... We're The Smiths...
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I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.
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The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.
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The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
