Michelangelo Quotes
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.
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There's nothing better than striving to be a better man.
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Well, that's what everyone wants, isn't it? Even these people who go out and have their noses shaved down to pencil erasers, and who get implants, and fillers, and who Botox their faces into immobility, they're all in search of the miracle that's going to make them feel like..." She searched for the word. "Like themselves.
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As an actress, I get plenty of drama in my professional life. When I'm at home, I want a peaceful life.
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If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
