Francesco Guicciardini Quotes
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're not even on the same playing field.
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I was very good in school, and my parents really would have really liked me to go to college. Instead, I went on this random journey to go be a professional wrestler.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.
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Everybody has a good idea, but nothing goes as planned.
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I have a mind that always wants to be busy.
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The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.
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The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible the more chaotic things become.
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I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
