Dalai Lama Quotes
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried to take me to Woodstock - it was pouring rain. It was on my birthday, and I was crying so much in the car they turned the car around and dumped me at my grandmother's house... I had a little attitude.
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We can't pretend that a Facebook friend is the same as a real friend you've shared times with together, both good times and difficult times.
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Sanctification is the process in which we become more aware of how sinful we are.
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Everyone covering 'Stage Beauty' asks me: 'What's it like to wear a dress?'
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I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.