Eamon de Valera Quotes
Of course I wrote most of the Constitution myself. I remember hesitating for a long time over the US presidential system. But it wouldn't have done - we were too trained in English democracy to sit down under a dictatorship which is what the American system really is.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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I am not super-ambitious. I am not a classically amazing singer or anything.
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Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.
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In every study we've done, fuel cells surface as the most promising long-term pathway for the industry -- even if you use fossil fuels, like natural gas, as the source of hydrogen.
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Of course I wrote most of the Constitution myself. I remember hesitating for a long time over the US presidential system. But it wouldn't have done - we were too trained in English democracy to sit down under a dictatorship which is what the American system really is.
