Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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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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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes.
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The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.
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Absolutely committed to spending the rest of my life as a spokesman for the rights of European Americans.
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Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.
