Michelangelo Quotes
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams and more interested in maybe an underdog figuring out how they're going to survive in a world that doesn't necessarily invite them in.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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The Grand Ole Opry is an artist, and I am proud to be one of its songs.
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I'm obsessed with 'Rocky.' We went 13 times to the theater.
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I was on the floor in the emergency room, and the woman came up to me and said 'Hi, my name is Gwen and I'm here to wash your vagina!'
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
