Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I'm not angry, I'm not an angry person, but I do sometimes like playing with the perception of anger, as in pretending that I'm more angry than I actually am, and sometimes it works quite well.
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Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God.
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I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
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When you're on stage, the audience becomes your other half. It's the ultimate high you can reach as a musician - an incredible feeling. And no matter where I am it's still the same; there's a reason we call music the universal language.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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Winning excuses everything.
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Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that.
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I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
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Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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If the media isn't slanted toward the Left, why is everyone so worried about my affiliation with Glenn Beck but not with Alec Baldwin?
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Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others.
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You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.
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Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.
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Our public spaces are as profound as we allow them to be.
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I think it's a shame when pop culture forgets that theatricality is a big part of it. When Neil Young is fumbling around in his pocket looking for the right harmonica, it doesn't matter that he's a dude in the hat who is a man of the people - there's a theatricality there. You don't have to be David Bowie or the Kabuki theater to have that theatricality going on.
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The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.
