Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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I weirdly feel very natural, in the physicality that comes my way, whether it's guns, cars or whatever. For some reason, it's second nature to me.
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There are no large-scale original musicals being made right now. They're all Broadway adaptations and jukebox musicals or catalog musicals, and they just don't interest me as much.
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A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
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The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
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I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, and that's the song that nobody talks about. It's weird.
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It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist!
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Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.
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I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
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Pero la vida es corta:viviendo, todo falta;muriendo, todo sobra.
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We have found a strange foot-print on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are.
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You've got to find ways to breathe while you're dancing so that when it comes time for you to stop and sing again, you have it. To prepare, I do a lot of aerobic activity. Many times at the gym, people will look at me because I'll be on the treadmill humming.
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You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.
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Someone once asked me "If your life could be extended to 150 and you could start another career, would you?" And I said "No, thanks, I think I'll stick at this."
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To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
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I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. But man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. For fear confines him and limits his scope. He stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small and narrow world to explore.
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I really like England. I like the lifestyle and the country. The history. The culture, which London is full of. The country pursuits.
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Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side; for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.
