Emmanuel Levinas Quotes
Of course we do not live in order to eat, but it is not really true to say that we eat in order to live; we eat because we are hungry. Desire has no further intentions behind it... it is a good will.
Quotes to Explore
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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
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Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
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I remember doing my mosaics or being in my little hiding place behind the couch snooping. I'd get bored sometimes, of course, but I think that's good for a kid, because it forces you to be creative.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like.
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My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.
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There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!
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Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.
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The function of the lawyer is to preserve a sceptical relativism in a society hell-bent for absolutes. The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell there will be nothing but law and due process will be meticulously observed.
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My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career because I enjoyed it then as I do now. The only question for me then was, 'Can I make a living at it?'
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Sometimes, rehearsals are not worth it if you do not have an accurate cast, and that is one of the most difficult parts about a film.
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I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.
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I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.
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The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.
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It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.
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Of course we do not live in order to eat, but it is not really true to say that we eat in order to live; we eat because we are hungry. Desire has no further intentions behind it... it is a good will.
