William Congreve Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say things directly rather than through about five people.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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In the chapters on the biology of trauma we saw how trauma and abandonment disconnect people from their body as a source of pleasure and comfort, or even as a part of themselves that needs care and nurturance. When we cannot rely on our body to signal safety or warning and instead feel chronically overwhelmed by physical stirrings, we lose the capacity to feel at home in our own skin and, by extension, in the world. As long as their map of the world is based on trauma, abuse, and neglect, people are likely to seek shortcuts to oblivion. Anticipating rejection, ridicule, and deprivation, they are reluctant to try out new options, certain that these will lead to failure. This lack of experimentation traps people in a matrix of fear, isolation, and scarcity where it is impossible to welcome the very experiences that might change their basic worldview.
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Hate and love are reciprocal passions.
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If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.
