Pablo Neruda Quotes
Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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Republicans do not believe in identity politics.
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Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
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I want to listen to people's stories and find strength in them. There is so much human-caused pain and suffering in the world. I want to honor all those difficult experiences and acknowledge their aftermath. At the same time, I want to really see and love the world around me.
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It's a mystical quality of music, that music isn't really concrete, and it's communicating abstractions about imaginary worlds. At least, my music's like that. It's not real. It's unreal, it's all fabrication. To write a song about Obama would suddenly break the spell.
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Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.
