T. E. Hulme Quotes
Here is the root of all romanticism: that man, the individual, is an infinite reservoir of possibilities, and if you can so rearrange society by the destruction of oppressive order, then these possibilities will have a chance, and you will get Progress.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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We're looking to help our guitar buddies do their thing while at the same time we try to create something we might enjoy listening to ourselves. If anything we are trying to develop a vocabulary so we can converse more fluidly.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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I am a very selfish person.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead
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Being uprooted from your own culture, provided you take with you the way of thinking and being that characterises the more integrated social culture from which you come, is not as disruptive to happiness and well-being as becoming part of a relatively fragmented culture.
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In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.
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I'm the type of person who would rather stay home than get my picture taken.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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Here is the root of all romanticism: that man, the individual, is an infinite reservoir of possibilities, and if you can so rearrange society by the destruction of oppressive order, then these possibilities will have a chance, and you will get Progress.
