Leo Tolstoy Quotes
We cannot pretend that we do not see the armed policeman who marches up and down beneath our window to guarantee our security while we eat our luxurious dinner, or look at the new piece at the theater, or that we are unaware of the existence of the soldiers who will make their appearance with guns and cartridges directly our property is attacked.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would benefit me. I also started studying a lot harder in school. It matured me a remarkable amount and made me completely focused.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.
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A lot of my colleagues at school became great friends of mine.
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When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy.
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I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.
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I've been on big tours ever since I started, but you can't just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.
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We cannot pretend that we do not see the armed policeman who marches up and down beneath our window to guarantee our security while we eat our luxurious dinner, or look at the new piece at the theater, or that we are unaware of the existence of the soldiers who will make their appearance with guns and cartridges directly our property is attacked.
