George Washington Quotes
Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.
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I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.
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Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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Am I good enough to be No. 1? Sure, but who's gonna break Tiger's legs? I want to be the best. Can I? Oh, believe me, I will be trying. Hard. You grow up in Colombia, and everything is limited. Then, I come here, and you have everything. A trainer, nutritionist, coach. I'm very lucky. Many doors open, and I have a path to take.
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I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
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Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
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I believe that shows should be shot where they take place.
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Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you. So, an actor will treat every film like his last film. That's the way we need to work, and that's the way you can drum up that passion needed to do good work.
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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
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Pierre Bordieu was right: "The all powerful is he who does not wait but makes others wait. Absolute power is the power to make oneself unpredictable and deny other people any reasonable anticipation, to place them in total uncertainty by offering no scope for their capacity to predict."
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People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.
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Not the individual man nor a single generation by its own power can erect the bridge that leads to God. Faith is the achievement of many generations, and effort accumulated over many centuries. … There is a collective memory of God in the human spirit, and it is this memory which is the main source of our faith.
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I am always writing to myself.
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I donno, it's not impressive. Once I put ear plugs in and put a blind fold on for like 14 minutes and I did just fine.
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Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.
