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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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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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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There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
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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 don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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We all know that one can never recreate the magic of an original film.
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Justice will be servedAnd the battle will rageThis big dog will fightWhen you rattle his cage.And you'll be sorry that you messed withThe U.S. of A.'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass,It's the American way.
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I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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The only way to stop a rebellion is to crush it with blood and fire, and to wound them so they'll never dare to raise a hand again.
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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.
