Vladimir Putin Quotes
In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely sets us apart, and I'm certain it's in a good way.
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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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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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
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I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
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On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
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I've worked since I was 11 years old, playing music and following the dream, and shaking and moving and doing it. And then, you have cancer and it was like 'Ooooohh.' It was like a big eraser. It was the only thing in my life that had ever made me just stop.
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If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it.
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For me, family has always come first.
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It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
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In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely sets us apart, and I'm certain it's in a good way.
