Isaac Watts Quotes
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
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I listen to older music like AC/DC.
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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I'm just a human being. I'm from the projects, too.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.
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I watched aspirationally. I looked at movies that maybe I didn't entirely understand but which developed in me some thirst for their subjects or for their context, and that became part of how I came to understand the world.
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Two things have always been true about human beings. One, the world is always getting better. Two, the people living at that time think it`s getting worse. It's because you get older, your responsibilities are different. Now I'm taking care of children instead of being a child. It makes the world look scarier. That happens to everyone.
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He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
