Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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I love America a lot. I really do.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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What if at school you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to pain a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso? Would that make you appreciate art? Would you want to learn more about it? I doubt it...Of course this sounds ridiculous, but this is how math is taught.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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I would like to know that when I read the paper in the morning, it's telling me something that actually happened, and I think the vast majority of journalists want the same thing.
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There's nothing wrong with having a collection, but it becomes a problem when it overwhelms your space. When you're not displaying it properly, you're not enjoying it and it turns into clutter.
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The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
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Shall love be blamed for want of faith?
