Idi Amin Quotes
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.
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People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.
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A tweet in an article can feel more permanent and louder than a tweet on Twitter.
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
