William Fleming Quotes
The ideal is to be obtained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species.
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As far as an actor-director connection, I think those can develop, and when they do, they're really great, and you just cultivate it like you would any relationship or friendship. If you find that something special, it helps down the line when you want to do more projects with each other.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
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Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
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My friends are my family.
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He's got a great burst. He can be running, and he doesn't even put his hands up until the last second because he's got such confidence. Even though he's a shorter receiver, he's very much a downfield threat because of that.
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I'd like to keep my personal life private. In reality, I know that's not possible. In the present, I'm trying to pretend it's possible.
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Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
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I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell the same way about playing John Madden Football immediately after filing my income tax: It's fun, but - somehow - vaguely pathetic.
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Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight!
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The goal for me is to be as expansive as possible, and the Library of Congress offers so many resources.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.
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It's natural to feel jittery around new people. But sometimes you can get over your jitters if you make a joke. So when the Swedish housekeeper brought her breakfast on a tray, Charity said something cheeky about eating Lady Margaret out of house and home. But the big red-faced woman took no notice at all. So then Charity had to look totally relaxed and unconcerned as she enjoyed her breakfast in bed, which was easy enough after the first bite. The spooky Swedish housekeeper really was a fabulous cook. And Charity believed believed in looking for the best in people.
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The ideal is to be obtained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species.
