Albert Schweitzer Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I've never been a partier.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.
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I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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Kabir Khan is a director who goes out of his way to make his actors comfortable. He's very chilled out. He makes the environment on set very casual and friendly.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
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If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
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Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
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It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.
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The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as an actor. In America, the heritage of an actor is based on cinema mainly.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
