Aldous Huxley Quotes
All that the conscious ego can do is to formulate wishes, which are then carried out by forces which it controls very little and understands not at all.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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I like to stay home with my family.
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The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'
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I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.
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If you allow thousands or millions of unidentified persons into your house, the risk of... terrorism will significantly increase.
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Funnily enough, I had a real giggle with Gary Oldman when we were doing an interview together for 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' Because I joked I was probably the only British actor who wasn't in the 'Harry Potter' franchise. The same is true of 'Game of Thrones.' Also 'Star Wars.'
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In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.
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As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself.
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Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego.
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All that the conscious ego can do is to formulate wishes, which are then carried out by forces which it controls very little and understands not at all.
