George William Russell Quotes
No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.
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I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.
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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.
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There's only so much you can say about celebrity, obviously.
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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
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College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.
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I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.
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Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.
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No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.
