Olaudah Equiano Quotes
I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I like playing make-believe. And my brothers do it with me, so it's fun. It's almost better than chocolate ice cream.
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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.
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A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.
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When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
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I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.
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America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.
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I've always loved the language of flowers. I discovered Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' in a used bookstore when I was 16 and couldn't believe it was such a well-kept secret. How could something so beautiful and romantic be virtually unknown?
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I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
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No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
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I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.
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I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
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Adapted from the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, who cranked out sci-fi pulp by the cubic ton, 'Battlefield Earth' has the musty feel of the days when the genre's highlight was Flash Gordon.
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The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.
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I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.
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I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.
