T. S. Eliot Quotes
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.
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I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the ambiguities of trying to reach truth by mixing fact with invention.
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Cancer is awful. It took 10 years until I didn't think about it every day. Nobody should go through this. Nobody.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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I am a fiscal conservative.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.
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Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.
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For me personally, everything is on a kiss.
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Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
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In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
