Basil W. Maturin Quotes
The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've just never been that girl. I've always been very content with whatever God blessed me with and he's already blessed me with a lot.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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I've met every freak in the business.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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Make the most of whatever it is that floats your boat...
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How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.
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You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.
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You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty.
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The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.
