Richard Whately Quotes
The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
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People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.
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Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the director's eyes, you 'get it right' does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.
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If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!
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No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes.
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I have been vegetarian for twelve years. And I have never been seriously ill. Vegetarian food strengthens the immune system. I think that meat makes you sick.
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Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?
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If and when Turkey does become a member, it will be after years of structural reforms and with a long track record of sustained and stable growth,
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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
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We didn't play as well as we can and we're not getting carried away.
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We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.
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Oftentimes, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.
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Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.
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Innovations, which are the births of time.
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We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are enshrined in corresponding international documents, and finding a way to settle all disputes without destroying the entire foundation of international law that evolved as a result of World War II is a highly delicate task. Therefore, I would like to reiterate that we cannot second-guess the course, let alone the outcome of our negotiations.
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One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.
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If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
