Wim Wenders Quotes
It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any subject or sector has you can think of, you can find a few people with an expertise in that area.
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When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
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Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
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One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.
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All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
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I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.
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I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.
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As actors, we're a little faster than other people with breaking down the walls.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.
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It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant.
