Thomas Carlyle Quotes
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
Quotes to Explore
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
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The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there.
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I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either.
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It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas.
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Everybody knows that Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, a young father to be sure: only thirty at the time of the Constitutional Convention and just turned thirty-eight when he left behind his brilliant career as Secretary of the Treasury.
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I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
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I would quite like to create a fragrance for men though - something that I like.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
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Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one's whole lifetime.
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God is either everything, or He is nothing.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
