Herbert Spencer Quotes
Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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I'm from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk - you wouldn't find it on the map. Don't even try it. It's super, super tiny.
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In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked rooftops and streetlamps. My parents would get calls saying 'He's out there again.'
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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When you're 18, 19, you think you know everything, but you have no clue about anything.
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Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.
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Hitler is lonely. So is God. Hitler is like God.
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Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!
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When feminist discourse is unable to discriminate the drunken fraternity brother from the homicidal maniac, women are in trouble.
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To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
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It's a very big collaborative effort to do an animated feature and to do a Broadway show.
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When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.'
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...it’s important to remember how fortunate we are as a country to have a currency and a bond market that is seen in every way as a source of strength and it’s a huge responsibility for us to keep it that way.
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There is an old maxim that says that two empires that are too large will collapse. The analog in set theory is that two different theories that are too powerful must necessarily contradict each other.
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Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life.
