Harold Pinter Quotes
I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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I feel like I want to and have to do everything once.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I've never been a partier.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
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It is one of the strange facts of experience that when we try to think about the future, our thoughts jump backwards. It may well be that nature has some fundamental metaphysical law by which opening up what we call the future also opens up the past in equal degree.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
