Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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For me, family has always come first.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.
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A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
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Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way.
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The worst of all human ailments: indecision.
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…satyromaniacal…
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I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.
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I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call the Holocaust. It was this dark topic that I would know more about when I got older, but which was spoken about in hushed tones.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
