Michelangelo Quotes
Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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There would have been no Beats deal without the Samsung deal. It showed the number one company the importance of connecting with culture.
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I was a diehard fan of '24' since the beginning. But being on the show, there was stuff I never thought about as a viewer, like, wow, it's going to be a single day for 10 months out of your life - you have to look exactly the same every day.
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I think a lot of people feel like they may not get the recognition that they deserve, but that they can still kind of maintain and do good, and there's a kind of quiet satisfaction in not being recognized for stuff.
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Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind.
