Gertrude Bell Quotes
The most degrading of human passions is the fear of death. It tears away the restraints and the conventions which alone make social life possible to man; it reveals the brute in him which underlies them all. In the desperate hand-to-hand struggle for life there is no element of nobility. He who is engaged upon it throws aside honor, he throws aside self-respect, he throws aside all that would make victory worth having - he asks for nothing but bare life.
Quotes to Explore
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I couldn't get enough. All of a sudden, I was getting good parts in all of these plays. I just loved it. I started getting A's in acting, directing and technical theater. I found something that clicked.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
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It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
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We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them.
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I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.
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If you look at Citadel today, that's really - the founding principle of the firm is a real pursuit of talent, a pursuit of people who have a passion for finance, and a pursuit of individuals who make good decisions day in and day out.
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There's no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping, A remembrance in one's heart.
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The most degrading of human passions is the fear of death. It tears away the restraints and the conventions which alone make social life possible to man; it reveals the brute in him which underlies them all. In the desperate hand-to-hand struggle for life there is no element of nobility. He who is engaged upon it throws aside honor, he throws aside self-respect, he throws aside all that would make victory worth having - he asks for nothing but bare life.
