Thomas Hardy Quotes
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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I don't watch a lot of TV.
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I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.
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You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.
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The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
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It's easy to imagine that because a certain company has a prestigious reputation or everyone says it's a great place to work, that it will be the perfect fit for you. But, in reality, the search to find a career is a much more individual process.
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There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'
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It is in Toyota's DNA that mistakes made once will not be repeated.
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The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.
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But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.
