Benedict of Nursia Quotes
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has not always been true. But since the romantic movement - and I'm referring now exclusively to poetry - the emphasis has been on the individual imagination defined against, rather than in terms of, any orthodoxy.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food - that's where we get this idea of being a foodie.
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We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned to consumers
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Cultural evolution is Lamarckian and very fast, whereas biological evolution is Darwinian and usually very slow.
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3D printing is going to transform our societies, our freedoms and our sense of security.
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Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up.
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You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
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Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic as Emma Thompson. You're constantly just lapping up her incredible hilariousness.
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I was really enjoying one of the screenings of 'Beautiful Creatures' and there was this little 14-year-old boy sitting next to me in the screening and I was laughing at all the jokes and I just felt really judged. I had to keep it down a bit. It's a bit embarrassing.
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If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
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While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.
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The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
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It is time now for us to rise from sleep.
