Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes
Content is to the mind like moss to a tree; it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.
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I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.
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Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.
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I'm obsessed with socks. I even wear them to bed!
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The power and energy sectors are the biggest constituents of the infrastructure sector. If you ignore them, no development will happen.
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We need to get out of the old language.
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What do they call it, Y.O.L.A., you only live once? I think people are sort of gravitating towards that.
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In the world of 'Power,' no good deed goes unpunished. I don't really look at it as karma in the world of 'Power.' Whenever any character thinks they're on safe ground, they get the world pulled up from under them.
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I used to just daydream all the time about being in movies, from the age of, like, four onwards. I would sit down and watch movies with my father and my grandfather, and always pretended that I was in the stories.
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I find both yoga and pilates awesome at calming my mind and strengthening my body.
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Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream.
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I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.
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When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.
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For as little as a thousand dollars, you can open an account at Schwab. I mean, it's not a big barrier to entry.
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The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
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If you wish to begin life at forty, you must settle two large personal questions first of all. You must find work and play that call for no more energy than you can afford to spend on them. Then you must train your mind, eye and hand to the point of working and playing with ease, grace and precision.
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We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.'
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I've had dogs all my life. I'm a huge animal lover, especially dogs, so that's one of the hardest things about being away all the time. I really miss them, but my mum does a really good job looking after then when I'm gone.
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Content is to the mind like moss to a tree; it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth.
