T. S. Eliot Quotes
Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.
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We do not evaluate the result but the starting point of the creative process. Precisely, this shows whether the form was discovered by starting from life, or for its own sake. That is why I consider the creative process so essential. Life for us is the decisive factor.
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I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and trying to rewrite it.
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Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die; Which in life did harbor give To more virtue than doth live.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
