Hans Jonas Quotes
Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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If somebody told me you'd be a one and a half billion dollar company and be the largest in the world, I wouldn't have believed it myself.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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I'm not into the attention thing so much.
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Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
