Sean Faris Quotes
I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.
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Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.
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Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
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I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.
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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.
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If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.
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For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them.
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The real boneheads are the libertarians.
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The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.
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[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.
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There are times where I would keep three typewriters on a table, and I'd have three complete thoughts going. With computers, you make folders, files - I don't know about those things. I have sheaves of paper polluted with words and paragraphs. I found it a good tool for me. And it keeps your hands strong for guitar playing.
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I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.
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There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'
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'Infernal Affairs' uses a vibrating terseness usually found in the writer and director Michael Mann's work. Thematically, this film deploys the techniques Mr. Mann brought to bear on 'Heat,' right down to using a similar cold-blooded electronic score.
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I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.
