Aleksandar Hemon Quotes
I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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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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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was that age.' I had no style whatsoever, but style also wasn't as prominent as it is today. I was just very laid back, usually wearing jeans and tank tops and flip flops.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.
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At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.
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A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
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Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.
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Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
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I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.
