Nicolas Malebranche Quotes
You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever?
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Like it or not, we are all liars. Thank goodness. Imagine going through life where everyone is completely honest: 'Those shoes... look like something out of an early Cyndi Lauper video.' 'Your daughter... looks like the spawn of Honey Boo Boo and Elmer Fudd.'
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SMALL SONG The reeds give way to the windand give the wind away
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We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire.
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'I think I know it all, relatively speaking.'
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To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.
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I'm always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I'm on the go again.
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I wholeheartedly believe that travel leads to open minds and contributes to a better cultural understanding and acceptance of people from around the world.
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Traditional consumer banking will come under extreme pressure as its central deposit-taking and lending functions are challenged by online savings vehicles, crowdfunding, and loan syndicating by such nontraditional competitors as insurance companies, pension and hedge funds.
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America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.
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Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding.
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You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
