Bram van Velde Quotes
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980 and today went by very, very quickly.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.
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I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
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I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.
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I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.
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I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
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We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right to better, fuller, and richer life.
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You can only go into science because you're interested in it.
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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
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I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.
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The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves the film.
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Knowing yourself and coming to trust your feelings and your intuition will open up your life to greater possibilities and keep you moving toward your goals. One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.
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An artist’s life is all very fine and moving. But only in retrospect. In books.