Virginia Woolf Quotes
No passion is stronger in the breast of a man than the desire to make others believe as he believes. Nothing so cuts at the root of his happiness and fills him with rage as the sense that another rates low what he prizes high.
Quotes to Explore
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kole won - and getting it spelled with a 'K' is a constant correction, too. I'll never not be Warren Blosjo; it's just my stage name.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.
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Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.
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Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.
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When you are a novelist, you are used to making a narrative do what you want.
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I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.
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The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others. Many business men fail in this because they are thinking only of personal glory.
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No passion is stronger in the breast of a man than the desire to make others believe as he believes. Nothing so cuts at the root of his happiness and fills him with rage as the sense that another rates low what he prizes high.
