Leigh Hunt Quotes
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming.
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You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
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I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
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You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
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It was an honour to be a part of that series. I still get fan mail every day for that show; a big portion of my fan base is from 'Gilmore Girls.'
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It's pretty rough in South Africa. It's a rough culture. Imagine rough - well, it's rougher than that.
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Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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PLEASURE and pain are undoubtedly the ultimate objects of the calculus of economics. To satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort - to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least that is undesirable - in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.
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I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived truth of the terror of creation, of the grotesque, of the rumble of panic underneath everything. Otherwise it is false. Whatever is achieved must be achieved with the full exercise of passion, of vision, of pain, of fear, and of sorrow. How do we know, that our part of the meaning of the universe might not be a rhythm in sorrow?
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That there is pain and evil, is no ruleThat I should make it greater, like a fool.