Hermann Hesse Quotes
A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!... Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed over 90 percent. That's why they can cope with their environment very easily after birth - faster than us, anyway. But in humans, we continue to grow our brains. That's why we need care from our parents.
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My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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Like the rest of the city, LAX is coming of age.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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If I could do what Hilary Mantel does, I would probably do that. She is more intelligent and a better researcher and knows more what she's about than I do.
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Gold and Economic Freedom 1966
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It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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I grew up in an underprivileged home.
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I honestly don't have many creative outlets. I'm not crafty - although motherhood has forced me to try to be - and I can only draw trees, beaches, and clouds. I'm a so-so cook except for deviled eggs. Writing has always been the one thing I feel that I am pretty good at doing. But it's enough, thank goodness.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!... Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
