Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.
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If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.
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The thing I miss about Russia the most is what is called 'black bread.' It's rye bread, and everyone eats it. I slice mine up and put sunflower oil and salt on it... the best thing ever. It was like a little treat for me when I was a kid.
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I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better
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Do not mistake yourself by believing that your being has something in it more exalted than that of others.
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Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. The universal in the novel-and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days?-is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance.
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Three Amigos!' Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.
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Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It's like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas have to float out there to a certain point, and then they'll crystallize into a pattern.
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When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.
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I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.
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From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.
