H. G. Wells Quotes
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
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A friend of mine had died, and I went for an audition. It was weird and cathartic: the producer was very excited about the piece, but my brain wasn't working, and it all seemed really pointless and fickle. I told them I didn't want to be there any more, and left. It was the most terrifying and empowering audition experience I've had.
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An actor gives voice to the many multitudes that we all contain. That's why we love the movies, why we love TV shows: we watch different people portray an aspect of ourselves, maybe even one we don't like.
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If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
