Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.
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It is difficult to get organic food at most restaurants, so when possible, eat at home. When not, do your best.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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Death have we hated, knowing not what it meant; Life we have loved, through green leaf and through sere, Though still the less we knew of its intent.
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To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.
