Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at our very feet that we have never seen, because we have never really looked.
Quotes to Explore
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It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I strongly favor shortening the campaign season and putting more primaries and caucuses on the same day, preferably regionally.
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Some of my educated Filipino friends were aspiring poets, but their aspirations were all in the direction of the United States. They had no desire to learn from the bardic tradition that continued in the barrios. Their ideal would have been to write something that would get them to Iowa, where they would study creative writing.
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Things can change on a daily basis in television. You can be introduced to aspects of your character that you had no idea existed because they didn't exist a week before. The next week it might be taken away from you in some way that you can't control.
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We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at our very feet that we have never seen, because we have never really looked.
