Eugene Kennedy Quotes
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church.
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
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You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bond girl before me ever had. They put me in a wig at the beginning of the film, and then had my character cut her hair to pretend to be someone else. That was to explain why my hair was short.
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Where there is no temple there shall be no homes.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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Politics runs in every human being, and so does music.
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They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things.
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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.
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We are not smart enough to leave things to the market.
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You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.
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Cuando me conformo con nada es cuando me conformo de todo.
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We - we need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
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Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted.
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I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that.
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I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn't been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do.
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Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will.
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You can't avoid being an egotistical person and ultimately somewhat narcissistic. You can try to curb it by recognizing that behavior. But at the same time, your repetitive behavior has its own psychology, and it's impossible to get out of that.
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You keep worrying you’re taking up too much space. I wish you’d let yourself be the milky way.
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Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church.
