Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes
The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
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I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.
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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
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I'm not a negative person.
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I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work.
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Traditional performance reviews have passed their sell-by date. Big time. There's research showing that roughly two-thirds of performance appraisals have either no effect - or a negative effect! - on employee performance.
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I don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.
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Pectus est enim quod disertos facit, et vis mentis.
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I am not an action painter. Each painting is an act. The result of action and the fulfillment of action.. .No painting stops with itself, is complete of itself. It is a continuation of previous paintings and is renewed in successive ones..
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The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated.
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Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.
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I began to understand. 'A Faustian bargain...,' I said.'The Faustian bargain,' said the girl. 'All the church had to do to gain the universe was sell its soul.'
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When a lion doesn't get its prey, it remains hungry. When the prey saves himself, he has not won, but has saved his life.
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Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
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Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear YOU. Say to suffering, 'I will that you shall become a pleasure,' and it will prove to be such-- and even more than a pleasure, it will be a blessing.
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The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.
