Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history - it is a moment for action.
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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I am passionate about human rights.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France.
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I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
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For people of different faiths to coexist, it's going to take maturity, wisdom, and patience. All of which come, eventually, with tolerance. And it's a process of time.
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Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage everywhere. Everyone feels that they are represented by him on the stage.
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There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.
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I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history - it is a moment for action.
