Alexander Pope Quotes
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I am healthy and happy.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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Sometimes I want to do something that's really funny and other times I read an indie script that is going to be made for nothing but I want to do it because I think that I can connect with something in the story.
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My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.
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Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.
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I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.
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Some fighters know when to stop on their own and go on to something else, and then some fighters have nothing to go back to after they are finished. Some fighters still have the burning fire and feel that they just need to try one more time. Few can do it.
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Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
