Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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To act: that is what the writer would like to be able to do, above all. To act, rather than to bear witness. To write, imagine, and dream in such a way that his words and inventions and dreams will have an impact upon reality, will change people's minds and hearts, will prepare the way for a better world.
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If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.
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I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.
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Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.
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You don't have a soul; you are your own soul. In other words, you are not this book, your social security card, your body, or your mind. You are you.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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Mr. Mets is representative not only of the general public, but also of many scientific workers, publicists, and writers. Like most people, he takes words as much for granted as the air he breathes, gives them about as much thought.
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Words are good servants but bad masters.
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The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the underside of things. They are the ones who gave us one of the most beautiful words in our language, the word enthusiasm. - Εν Θεος - A God within.
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God don't lie.... And these are his words.... He speaks in stones and trees, the bones of things.
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
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At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
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Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
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Under her palm, his heart beat strong and sure. It was such a human sound, so honest, so real.
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Home will always be London. There's something unique about the British. It's about cheekiness.
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
