William Blake Quotes
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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Almost every character I've ever played - and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it's not - I need to find what they love.
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I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.
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My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue.
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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
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One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'
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More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.
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It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'
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We all have a social responsibility and have to be mindful of what we do and say.
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If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
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I'm in awe of the AIDS workers in Africa who teach there, year in and year out.
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I played the coronet first, and then I upgraded to the trumpet. First song I learned on there was 'Hot Cross Buns.'
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People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.
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Sometimes, when we are sad, we have to do the opposite of sad. Sometimes we have to sing.
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I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.
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I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.
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Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.
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There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
