Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Electricity, n. The cause of all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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Acting is a funny job because you're always playing a hundred levels of pretend, but when you're working with great designers who end up doing a lot of that work for you, you can focus on the things you want to focus on.
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Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.
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My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.
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The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it.
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Electricity, n. The cause of all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career.
