Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Quotes
If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.
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I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world.
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Psychologists have hitherto failed to realize that imagination is a necessary ingredient of perception itself.
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So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
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People will tell you for years whatever you have to say isn't important at all. So when you have someone who breaks the mold and speaks up - and you see and identify with that - they become your hero.
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If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.
