Bayard Taylor Quotes
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
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Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I love zoo sanctuaries.
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I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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One life matters - especially to the one whose life it is.
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Both my parents were atheists, and my grandmother was an atheist in rural Kentucky, and so they were trying to make sure that my brother and I would be atheists, too, and it worked, which doesn't mean that they didn't teach us a lot of wonder of science and of nature and the world and all of that.
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I feel excellent right now. My body is loose and my swing is where I want it to be.
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I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
