Anthony Giddens Quotes
The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of well-being and pleasure, but also the site of illnesses and strains. It is an action-system, a mode of praxis, and its practical immersion in the interactions of day-to-day life is an essential part of the sustaining of a coherent sense of self-identity.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
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If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
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I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.
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I'm Owen Hart and I have my own identity and my own style.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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I love the action that I'm able to do. I grew up in Maine, outdoors and playing with the boys and shooting skeet. I have my girly side, too. But, I do like playing the strong female roles, especially now with something as simple as Twitter, where you've got young women following you.
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I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.
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We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.
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Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.
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The key to a resilient global recovery, where growth in each country advances growth in every country, is action directed at supporting demand at home.
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As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.
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The first noticeable thing to me about falling in love for the first time is how physical it is. But I've had it a couple times, so it's not just the first time, which is actually encouraging. It's just you feel like you're being ripped in half and it hurts in the best way. And it's like this dropping pole that also floats and it burns and it's cold. It's like just all every contradictory feeling at once imploding.
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To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition and emulation, all so skilfully organised to prevent feeling alone.
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I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.
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Nine out of ten Americans are actually monarchists at bottom. The fact is proved by their high suseptibility to political claims by president's sons and other relatives, usually nonentities.
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The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of well-being and pleasure, but also the site of illnesses and strains. It is an action-system, a mode of praxis, and its practical immersion in the interactions of day-to-day life is an essential part of the sustaining of a coherent sense of self-identity.
