Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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I love proving people wrong.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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I wasn't allowed to have sugar as a kid. We didn't have candy or soda or anything, so Easter and Halloween were my favorite times 'cause I could eat as much candy as I wanted.
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I got out of grad school in 2000. I was about 26 years old. I've always said that I was late to acting because I didn't really start doing it in a focused way until I was in my early 20s.
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I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
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When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.
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I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.
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I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.
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I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
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I want a '57 Starfire Olds.
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What do I bring to a film? I think, maybe, I know for a fact that I focus on connection of character; I focus on warmth and a heart, but I don't know if it's because I'm African American or because I'm crazy -who knows.
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I want to inspire, and be inspired.
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Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
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My work is entertainment, and I look at what entertains people, whether it's a selfie video or a music video.
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Writing is a strange and solitary activity.
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Fortunately, there is more to life than death. There is for one thing, fiction. A thousand thousand characters to be sent marching out into the world to divert time from its forward gallop to the terrible horizon.
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I’m neutral on lying, seeing as how there’s times when the truth just hurts people.
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You wouldn't want to see a movie where the bad guys triumph over the good guys all the time. You'd get bummed out, and you'd just stay at home and watch the news.
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Take good care of the things you have. Careless people spend more for a given standard of living.
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Prayer is nothing but that complete surrender, complete oneness with Christ. And this is what makes us contemplative in the heart of the world; for we are twenty-four hours then in His presence: in the hungry, in the naked, in the homeless, in the unwanted, unloved, uncared for. For Jesus said, Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
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To enjoy-to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.
