Lennart Meri Quotes
That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world.
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This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark end.
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The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I think people get confused about who Merlin is. It's not his age that makes him: it's wisdom, and wisdom is not necessarily linked to age. Definitely not in the same way in the world of 'Once Upon a Time.'
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The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.
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That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world.
