Stephen Gately Quotes
Oh, rose that blushes with my love Please help me to compose The words I wish to speak aloud To one who'd make me proud If she would hold her hand in mine And both our hearts entwine..
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.
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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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How does one get bored of life?
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I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.
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All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap so very high that grown-up hearts flutter in terror.
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What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one musn't make a virtue of it, or a profession...Insofar as I love life, I love [my country], but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.
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I want to travel overseas and help out people all over the world.
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I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.
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For me, all fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over reality, which is irreducibly random and senseless.
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Oh, rose that blushes with my love Please help me to compose The words I wish to speak aloud To one who'd make me proud If she would hold her hand in mine And both our hearts entwine..
