William Blake Quotes
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I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.
Taslima Nasrin
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I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.
Ralph Fiennes
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Paris ain't much of a town.
Babe Ruth
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
Gary Oldman
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
Samina Baig
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
Edgar Allan Poe
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When Pakistan was carved out of India's rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood's Muslim stars would defect to the new state and thus boost the Lahore film industry. But Lollywood did not happen.
Tariq Ali
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There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
Natalie MacMaster
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I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.
Owen D. Young
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Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
Caitlyn Jenner
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Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
Harriet Tubman
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If I fuckin' die without having written two, three, or four brilliant rock songs... I don't know why I lived my life.
Courtney Love
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If you stick around long enough, you're going to become fashionable eventually.
Dave Gahan
Depeche Mode
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It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge.
Helen Keller
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The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.
Sarah Dessen
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We all grew up in that era. I'm a little younger than these guys [Will Forte and John Solomon], but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original "MacGyver" series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for MacGruber. We took his name and made it stupid. In terms of the inspiration for the movie, that really came from our love for late '80s/early '90s action movies - the whole "Lethal Weapon" series and "Rambo" and "Die Hard," every single [Arnold] Schwarzenegger and [Sylvester] Stallone film.
Will Forte
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Shame is pride's cloak.
William Blake
