Michael Faraday Quotes
Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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I'm not a natural storyteller at all. If anything, I'm a natural interviewer, a natural listener, but I'm not a natural storyteller.
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The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
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Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
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What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with Laurel and Hardy, they're both the funny guy.
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One of things I write about a lot is the role of women. An older friend of mine said that she feels like there's always a tension between wanting to be free and wanting to be cherished. I think that's one of the things that my whole book speaks to, wanting to break out of the confines of the roles that are prescribed for women and yet at the same time, not wanting to be totally free. You want to have intimate relationships. It's that bursting out of confinement.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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Dieu des Juifs, tu l'emportes!
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Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
