G. H. Pember Quotes
But it is interesting to notice that, while the soul is the meeting-point of the elements of our being in this present life, the spirit will be the ruling power in our resurrection state. For the first man Adam was made a living soul, but the last Adam a quickening Spirit;[151] and that which is sown a psychic body is raised a spiritual body.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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I am more comfortable on set than I am in my own home.
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The worst thing was having to go to school on days "Mensch, Pia!" would be on TV in the evening. My classmates made fun of me.
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But it is interesting to notice that, while the soul is the meeting-point of the elements of our being in this present life, the spirit will be the ruling power in our resurrection state. For the first man Adam was made a living soul, but the last Adam a quickening Spirit;[151] and that which is sown a psychic body is raised a spiritual body.
