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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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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Ἐλαφρὸν ὅστις πημάτων ἔξω πόδαἔχει παραινεῖν νουθετεῖν τε τοὺς κακῶςπράσσοντας.
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The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.
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Well, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.
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I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books - I never would have imagined that. Getting a Ph.D. - I'm not sure I would even have imagined that. I've lived my life a step at a time. Things sort of happened.
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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.
