Walter Pater Quotes
We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I enjoyed my 20s - they were torturous and beautiful. I learned so much about myself and about life and about the nature of people.
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I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please don't take away our precious Soviet Union! - We demand the annihilation of all life on Earth!'
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A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.
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Having a son makes everything so much more easy. You don't worry about golf as much. You don't worry about anything as much. The focus is more on him.
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I don't think people understand what it takes to make a movie unless they've experienced it themselves or been around it. It's a miracle every time you make a movie, and a bigger miracle if it turns out well.
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We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.
