Kate Winslet Quotes
This is going to sound really weird, but I never had a desire to be famous. I never had huge ambitions - never.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
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I'm a big soccer fan, so any soccer player that I meet, I always get star struck. I've met a lot of big stars - Justin Timberlake, Michael Buble - and I don't ever get starstruck, but when I met famous ex-football players, I just got completely starstruck.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
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I do feel like I've missed out a bit because I was really close with my sisters when I was at home. It must be weird for them but they cope really well.
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Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.
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When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a writer, I find I need that to explain the world I'm writing about.
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I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her letters, the DVD extras peddled by publishers.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
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When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
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I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.
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Even though 'Spider-Man' is a huge blockbuster, it really didn't feel like that. It felt like we were making this weird, funny high school movie. Like just hanging out with a group of friends.
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I have this fascination with being on the road, all things music, and the '70s. My favorite movie is 'Almost Famous.'
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I had to get over a Southern accent and go through a lot of obstacles. But I love my job, and I love what I do. If it's something that your parents are pushing you into, it's never going to be rewarding.
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You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution.
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In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself - limits where minds meet, and in meeting, begin to exist.
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I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.
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This is going to sound really weird, but I never had a desire to be famous. I never had huge ambitions - never.
