Michael F. Easley Quotes
Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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I have many intense friendships with artists. I don't mean we have intense one-day conversations but ongoing conversations that last in some cases for years.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.
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Some terror in the swishing tall grass seemed added to that of the diabolically pounding sea, and I started up crying aloud and disjointedly, 'Tiger? Tiger? Is it Tiger? Beast? Beast? Is it a Beast that I am afraid of?'
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to change, we wish to bring about something better. All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse.
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Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
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I actually played violin on 'E.T.' I used to be a violinist.
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Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them.
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I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.
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It's not easy to have success with restaurants in different cities, but I like the challenge.
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We never discuss race in this country until something bad happens.
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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
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No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it's my escape.
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There is a poverty that makes us all cruel.
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I follow and cultivate my own curiosity. I think curiosity is one of the top two or three human characteristics. It's something that I really like about myself. [...] I want to understand stuff! I want to understand people! Following my curiosity so frequently leads me to better life decisions and better business decisions but also - just feeling better! You're never going to feel bad about your whole life if you loved people and you were curious. I mean, that's kind of all I want!
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I just like the themes it's exploring. In the way my character says, 'I want us to become brothers again, like we used to be.' I really like that line, and it means a lot to me. I just find there's a lot of things like that in this movie that have that feeling. There's stuff that feels exhilarating.
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There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent atrocities, materialism.
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Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.
