Andrei Soldatov Quotes
Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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I was given an incredible gift growing up in the Chelsea, a space where it is completely fine to be yourself - you just had to figure out what that was. You didn't have to figure that out in the face of opposition at every turn.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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Ultimately, I want to be a good person and spread happiness through my acting. If I don't forget to be appreciative and thankful, then that would be the most important thing that I'll ever achieve.
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You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'
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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
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I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
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Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals for themselves or rapacious fund managers.
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When I was a child and came with my elders to Galway for their salmon fishing in the river that rushes past the gaol, I used to look with awe at the window where men were hung, and the dark, closed gate.
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‘Why are pictures like this allowed?’ he suddenly cried. He had stopped in front of a colonial print in which the martyrdom of St Agatha was depicted with all the fervour that incompetence could command.‘It’s only a saint,’ said Lady Peaslake, placidly raising her head.‘How disgusting – and how ugly’‘Yes, very. It’s Roman Catholic.’
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it.
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I'm for prayer in schools.
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Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
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Than Timoleon's arms require,And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.
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Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.
