Nikolai Gogol Quotes
But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
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The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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I have a lot of vanity.
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Before I got the contract, I'd heard from a lot of people that a contract with a company like Estee Lauder was like a stamp of approval, a stamp of your legit-ness. So getting that was a really big step for me.
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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What did I do to deserve this?
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The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.
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I like wearing good clothes. Some of my friends who are into making clothes told me since I was already playing with my own brand of bat sticker, I should make a foray in fashion. The idea has worked very well.
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But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.
