Thomas More Quotes
On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
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I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie.
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I'm a Nintendo geek, so I'm a pretty big Nintendo fan.
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Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
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And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in the country, and I think we did change this country. And I think we will continue to, and I know that my father is not going to stop fighting.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can't imagine what kind of writer I'd be if I didn't have my kids.
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I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism), karuna (love), and samara (equality). This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.
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Where there is fear there is aggression.
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One can only be staggered by the hubris of modern artists if we compare them, say, to the humble builders of Chartres Cathedral whose names are not even known. The artist ought to be distinguished by selfless devotion to duty; but we forgot about that a long time ago.
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Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.
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This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.
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I have been cooking with preserved lemon for years, using it left, right and centre, but I am still far from reaching my limit.
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It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.
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Studio D has a lot of symbolism for me.
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One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.
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On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
