T. S. Eliot Quotes
It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, men and women are different. A man is genetically gifted to pull more than a woman. But at the same time, I don't consider women to be any less than men. In fact, I feel we are far more intelligent than them.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen.
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If there were teenagers who had a video camera and saw what I did on a daily basis, they'd be bored out of their mind.
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I've met lots of interesting people, but Lucian Freud is the one who sticks out because I spent so much time with him. He taught me discipline, which I hadn't been taught properly before. If I was, like, two seconds, late, he would kick off. Once, I was three minutes late, and he went absolutely berserk.
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The secret is not to make a film that causes something like Virginia Tech to happen. The secret is to make a film that stops it happening.
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Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that.
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What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.
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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
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You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
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It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.
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My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.
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If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.
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I love a cardboard coffin. Both Mummy and Daddy went off in cardboard coffins, painted - Daddy's was rifle green. Beautifully made.
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But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.
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As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.
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The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people.
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Every now and then, I have a deep thought.
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We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.
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I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
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I somehow see what's beautiful In things that are ephemeral I'm my only friend of mine And love is just a piece of time in the world in the world. And I couldn't help but fall in love again.
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The term 'working mother' is redundant.
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It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be.
