Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I don't care if it's a magazine or a bossy friend - when somebody says, 'This is what's elegant, this is what's trendy,' if it doesn't represent you, you're not going to be happy.
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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves.
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The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
