Michelangelo Quotes
You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses any talent or displays any dexterity of mind, who can do or say something more appropriately than the rest of the world, I am compelled to fall in love with him; and then I give myself up to him so entirely that I am no longer my own property, but wholly his.
Quotes to Explore
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who refines my worldview in a silent room, waiting for my thoughts to arrange themselves on the screen before me.
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We do not hug our miracles close. We put them hastily away, preferring the commonplace to live with.
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To women, a flip-flopper is the functional equivalent of the guy who never calls and always changes his mind.
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Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.
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I'm a big fan of Springsteen. Obviously, his social commentary is very powerful for me. I like his album 'The Rising.' It's not a new one, but it sticks in my mind because of what it says to me.
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You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses any talent or displays any dexterity of mind, who can do or say something more appropriately than the rest of the world, I am compelled to fall in love with him; and then I give myself up to him so entirely that I am no longer my own property, but wholly his.
