William Blake Quotes
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.
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I don't mind doing the green-screen stuff at all, and in fact it's a lot like black-box theater, which I did plenty of in New York.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.
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We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.
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As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension.
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'There’s nothing to fear, Lebannen,' he said gently, mockingly. 'They were only the dead.'
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In answer to the question, "Shouldn't the commandments be rewritten?," someone thoughtfully replied, "No, they should be reread."
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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.
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You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.
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Even monkeys fall from trees.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree.
