William Herschel Quotes
The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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That's the one regret I have in all the years that I've played professional sports, that I didn't win a championship in the N.F.L. And that's why you play on any level of team sports: you want to win a championship as part of a team.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The core constituency that Republicans must satisfy in high court nominations is the party's social conservative base, which fundamentally cares about issues, not diversity, and has accepted white men who practice the judging it admires.
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Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.
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I usually have a 13-hour workday. But at times, we get lucky when we wind up in 8 or 10 hours.
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In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.
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The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.
