Walter Pater Quotes
Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which comes naturally to many of us.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis.
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We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.
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I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.
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Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which comes naturally to many of us.
