Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Shakespeare says, we are creatures that look before and after; the more surprising that we do not look around a little, and see what is passing under our very eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that!
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I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ever done in training.
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Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.
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North Korea is the errant teenage child, aren't they? Or toddler - they're holding their breath until they get their way.
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I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'
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The truth needs so little rehearsal.
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I love art, but I don't think I'm especially good at it. Fashion I think I could imagine, but I'm not really sure. I think it's easiest for me to picture myself in music.
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As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
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Life must be considered sui generis; it is not a form of energy, nor can it be expressed in terms of something else.
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My father got a phone call to bring me in to meet with Spielberg for 'E.T.,' partially because they knew I was a physical kid, and I was known in the business somewhat as a stunt kid, and I could do all the bicycle riding.
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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
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Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.
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We ended up with some pretty good quality videos for next to nothing. We just thought it would be interesting to put WAV files on a DVD and let people burn CDs if they want. CDs are so expensive. I can't remember the last time I bought a new CD.
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Most of our designs are developed long before there is a practical possibility of carrying them out. I do that on purpose and have done it all my life. I do it when I am interested in something.
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What are the 10 major legacies that European colonization have left behind? Issues of illiteracy. Issues of ill health. Issues of poor infrastructure. Issues of backward agricultural economies. And it goes on.
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Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.
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We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as human creatures.
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Shakespeare says, we are creatures that look before and after; the more surprising that we do not look around a little, and see what is passing under our very eyes.
