Samuel Alexander Quotes
What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.
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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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I like that in 'Caprica' the virtual world is a new thing. The parents didn't have that growing up. And it's the same thing about the Internet and all the current technology. It didn't exist like it does now for our parents' generation. Kids aren't relating to their parents anymore, and I just find that so honest.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Working with children has done well for me. I don't find them intolerable or frustrating. They're just fun, full of energy, and happy to be there.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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For me, art has neither past nor future. All I have ever made was for the present.
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Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the Crown A crown of thorns and dark deeds The swastika and the hammer and sickle Are symbols that reap only weeds
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One of the big struggles for an actor is sometimes you have to take work that you don't necessarily want to do so you can pay rent.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.
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What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.
