Ernest Rhys Quotes
With the wings of a bird and the heart of a man he compass'd his flight, And the cities and seas, as he flew, were like smoke at his feet. He lived a great life while we slept, in the dark of the night, And went home by the mariners' road, down the stars' empty street.
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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'I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman' 6
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Meditation, like masturbation, has until recently been considered a form of self-abuse.
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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It takes two to speak the truth, - one to speak, and another to hear.
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I'm always eager to work with people I admire, people who have experience, who've made mistakes and made great things. That's the greatest teaching I could ever get in developing my own career.
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Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with.
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I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.
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We own only a small percentage in Omnivore, but we manage it. It is basically a venture capital fund to help newer enterprises and provide them with the funding they require in their early stages of development.
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I think it takes time to find your natural style and learn not to be swayed by trends that might not flatter you.
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield.
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Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea party looked around and suddenly realized, there are more of us than there are of them.
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Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love to pay people more. I'd love to see rising wages for everybody.
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And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.
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Three years ago, I used to go out a lot and I used to drink quite a lot. On a Sunday night, I'd think, 'Right, I have to sign on on Thursday, and I can't forget that' and now, into the space of one day, I'm cramming in what then I would have done in two weeks. I can barely remember my old life now.
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If my goals and victories can help the world remember Chernobyl and bring a smile to the face of the people still suffering then I dedicate all my success to them.
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With the wings of a bird and the heart of a man he compass'd his flight, And the cities and seas, as he flew, were like smoke at his feet. He lived a great life while we slept, in the dark of the night, And went home by the mariners' road, down the stars' empty street.
