Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
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I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in our best nature photography, is not enough to satisfy the man of today, compounded as he is of Christ, Freud, and Marx.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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My mother was a cleaning lady all her life.
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Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.
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Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
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If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.
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I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.
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Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you.
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Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.
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I knew I was outspoken when I was a kid because, whenever my parents had company coming over, they would pay me to leave. 'Go see your grandmother. Get out of here.' That was my first paying gig.
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I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time.
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I think most people are afraid of what they don't know.
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The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.
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The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil.
