Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov) Quotes
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together. We are still too near to his greatness,' (Leo) Tolstoy (in 1908) concluded, 'but after a few centuries more our posterity will find him considerably bigger than we do. His genius is still too strong and powerful for the common understanding, just as the sun is too hot when its light beams directly on us.' (748)
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Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
