Thomas More Quotes
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Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
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It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on writers I was in love with over the years, from Louisa May Alcott to Bernard Malamud to John Cheever to Anne Frank to Joy Williams.
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Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.
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I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.
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Controversies are part and parcel of making a big film.
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My personal take on politics is I deal with social situations and cultural situations in my music and in my life. I have said on record many times that I haven't voted. I'm not the type of person who says, 'I'm never going to vote.' I think it's clear to me that our system has failed us.
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School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.
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I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
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If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
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I don't make deals, I make pictures.
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When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.
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The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.
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Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate.
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Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.
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Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
