William Butler Yeats Quotes
What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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I like buying iTunes. It's instant.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.
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A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.
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And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and go next door and hang out all the time and watch movies and stuff.
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Structures of lines, surfaces, forms, colours. They try to approach the eternal, the inexpressible above men. They are a denial of human egotism. They are the hatred of human immodesty, the hatred of images, of paintings.. Wisdom is the feeling for the coming reality, the mystical, the definite indefinite, the greatest definite.
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I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.
Garry Kasparov -
Paris ain't much of a town.
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It comes down to having fun and doing what I love.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
