Hermann Hesse Quotes
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Quotes to Explore
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
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I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious.
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.
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I know what it means to do a job... I worked in a factory. I respect people in the service industry. What irritates me more is when people aren't respectful. There's a lot of nonsense behavior, especially in a place like Hollywood. The money, the power, they create little monsters.
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My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.
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Cafe De Flore speaks of love, its joys, its pains and its dramas - to love and to lose. This story upset me, I was upside-down, in the depths of myself.
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I think everybody should have a great Wonderbra. There's so many ways to enhance them, everybody does it.
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As an actor - like an artist - you have to ask, "Why do I choose a certain moment to play something a certain way?" It's organic to who we are.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
