Quintus Curtius Rufus Quotes
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.
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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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I have 18 cars, but I never had a Rolls-Royce.
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I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself.
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People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!
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I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia.
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The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.
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Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're faced with, like getting money. It's a really great thing to do. You feel like you're really an artist when you're doing that and you're in a company of artists.
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Sports saved my life.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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Oil painting and color, said Michelangelo, are for 'women and the lazy.' His sharp-edged Apollonian style is the only way to beat back mother nature.
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I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog.
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Let us be tried by our actions.
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How come I never meet any nice girls?
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The directing is something that is incredibly satisfying to me and challenging to me because it's asking me to draw on everything I've been able to absorb over all these years of acting and having all this set experience.
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Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
