Albert Camus Quotes
Ironic philosophies produce passionate works. Any thought that abandons unity glorifies diversity! And diversity is the home of art. The only thought to liberate the mind is that which leaves it alone, certain of its limits and of its impending end. No doctrine tempts it. It awaits the ripening of the work and of life.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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I've just always been a bit of a dork.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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To be honest, there are parts of 'How Literature Saved My Life' that began as interviews. Someone was telling me that they think the book sounds very phonic: that it sounds like me speaking. And I don't think it's a coincidence that there are six to ten passages that I cadged from various interviews that I did post-'Reality Hunger'.
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Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness;
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I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist.
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Spring is very energising to me.
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Ironic philosophies produce passionate works. Any thought that abandons unity glorifies diversity! And diversity is the home of art. The only thought to liberate the mind is that which leaves it alone, certain of its limits and of its impending end. No doctrine tempts it. It awaits the ripening of the work and of life.
