Neville Figgis Quotes
Luther’s principles for the internal, and Machiavelli’s practice for the external, direction of the State were to be the ideal for many generations.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
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I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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It can be hard to say if someone has a deliberate intent to defraud or if they are just really, really bad at their business. But even if people are unpublishable, it doesn't mean they should be ripped off.
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God helps those who fear Him.
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With 'Trainwreck,' because it wasn't live and we could do more takes, I feel like we broke a lot.
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When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.
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Sharon Osbourne is such a blast and she's so, so bright.
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I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.
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Although we are all different, we all respond to each other's suggestions of perfection. And we enjoy the same response as the artist. It is the inner contemplation, the wanting to respond to life, that opens our eyes to what is already in the mind.
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I'm extremely critical. I don't consider myself a performance artist. I balk at the term performance art.
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
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When the Goths are at the gates, forming study groups and praying for deliverance is not effective defense.
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Luther’s principles for the internal, and Machiavelli’s practice for the external, direction of the State were to be the ideal for many generations.
