Mike Figgis Quotes
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
Larry Wilcox -
That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
Marc Almond Soft Cell -
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
Yo-Yo Ma -
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
Karin Slaughter -
When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
Iain Duncan Smith -
Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
Hanya Yanagihara
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I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
Karen Allen -
I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
Taylor Wilson -
I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
Gary Barlow Take That -
I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
Callan McAuliffe -
My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I'm a huge 'Call of Duty' fan, 'Minecraft' and all those kinds of video games. I'm constantly playing video games every day.
Olivia Holt
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One of the most notable traits of the Mexican's character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it.
Octavio Paz -
I'm always easily frightened and I hate being scared. I've never been able to go on the haunted house rides at carnivals of anything like that; my imagination just takes over!
Caity Lotz -
A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.
Yitzhak Rabin -
The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason, why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe.
Sam Harris -
It is absurd that so much money has been wasted on manipulating public opinion, on simulating emotion. This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can’t manufacture the happiness of our people.
Ai Weiwei -
I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.
Elizabeth Berg
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I don't watch that much television.
Bob Newhart -
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Plutarch -
I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it.
Andrew Garfield -
I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.
Lewis Mumford -
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
O. Henry -
The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.
Mike Figgis