Olaf Stapledon Quotes
The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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I am extremely suspicious of dreams, apparitions and visions, both in literature and in films and plays. Perhaps it's because mental excesses of this sort smack too much of being 'arranged.'
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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The Jews talk about 'never again.'… You cannot say 'Never again' to God because when he puts you in the oven, you're in one indeed!… 'Never again' don't mean a damn thing when God get ready for you!
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My colleagues and I were always having the same conversation in the teachers lunchroom about books we wanted our students to read, a field trip we knew would really bring a subject matter to life... And most of us would go into our own pockets to buy just paper and pencils.
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I love to see technology from a design perspective and vice versa. I am a 'Desigineer.'
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe.
