Albert Camus Quotes
An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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Without a doubt, priority No. 1 is always my family. Whether it's my children or my husband or even my girlfriends who are also my family, I put them first no matter what. And it makes it easy to then juggle everything else because it's never a question.
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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.
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The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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I don't do fight camps anymore because I live in camp.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.
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It's fair to say when you go out and walk in the woods or on a beach, the most conspicuous forms of life you will see are plants and animals, and certainly there's a huge diversity of those types of organisms, perhaps 10 million animal species and several hundred thousand plant species.
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It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say ‘oh I know that like the back of my hand.
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An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.
