Bergen Evans Quotes
Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Quotes to Explore
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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All my books are optimistic!
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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The fact that I'm very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It's nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.
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I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
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With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who are subject to forces bearing down on them. My career's based on how we are rather than how we wish we were - they get the good-looking boys in for that kind of role.
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I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.
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When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.
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I've given no thought to moving to America at all.
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Tennyson and Browning are poets, and they think; but they do not feel their thought as immediately as the odour of a rose. A thought to Donne was an experience; it modified his sensibility.
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Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
