A. N. Wilson Quotes
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I have a personal trainer. But I tried boxing; I tried ballet. I tried everything to see what works best for my body.
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' … You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.
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Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli,né lo profondo inferno li riceve,ch'alcuna gloria i rei avrebber d'elli.
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I found goodwill in everybody -- and understanding -- but also some differences remain, ... I will keep in touch with all leaders. The government of unity is the best instrument to face the political challenge.
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
