Samuel Butler Quotes
Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I can paint in jail.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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I've always been interested in justice. I think what is happening to the Palestinians represents the ultimate injustice. I also hate bullies and the effect of them, the way people side with them out of fear. The Israelis are the schoolyard bullies, with England and the United States siding with them.
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When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.
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I'm especially interested in what I call practitioner criticism, which is when people who practice an art form start writing about it on blogs. I think that's an immensely important development. I want to see much, much more of that. People who make music who are verbally articulate. And not all musicians are verbally articulate. But those who are should be encouraged to write about what they do and their perception of what other people do. It makes the discourse smarter.
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'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' - I had a lot of friends who told me to watch it. And I was like, 'I'm not buying seven seasons of a frickin' show.' It got to the point where, 'Seriously, you have to watch it.' Buffy is not my favorite, but it's amusing.
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Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.
