Thomas Carlyle Quotes
And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I got a gymnastics scholarship to college, fell in love with my true love of my whole life - who I'm married to now - and he was a virgin too. It was very romantic.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
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I like to dress up every now and then.
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James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.
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I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
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Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful.
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It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.'
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And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.
