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I do not separate France from Europe.

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• I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Remember
  • Autumn
  • Trees

• If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Know
  • Feel
  • Strange

• Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • God
  • You
  • Then

• Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Great
  • Me
  • Singing

• My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Life
  • Time
  • Imagination

• My favourite book in the world is 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • World
  • Book
  • Favourite

• I'm a walking, talking enigma.

  

  Larry David
  • Walking
  • Talking
  • Enigma

• I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • America
  • Man
  • Gone

• I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Food
  • Passionate
  • Cook

• The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Life
  • Free
  • Creative

• Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Look
  • Devil
  • Performance

• There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.

  

  Edward Abbey
  • World
  • Greed

• Phenomenology is not a philosophy; it is a philosophical method, a tool. It is like an adjustable spanner that can be used for dismantling a refrigerator or a car, or used for hammering in nails, or even for knocking somebody out.

  

  Colin Wilson
  • Car
  • Philosophical

• She has been condemned to death by hanging. A man may escape this death by becoming the hangman, a woman by marrying the hangman. But at the present time there is no hangman; thus there is no escape. There is only a death, indefinitely postponed. This is not fantasy, it is history.

  

  Margaret Atwood
  • History
  • Death
  • Fantasy

• It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

  

  Lorna Luft
  • House

• I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid.

  

  Chris O'Dowd
  • Walking

• Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

  

  Andrew Davies
  • Children
  • Advice

• There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless they're a stereotype. It's been hard. I've been able to play some non-stereotypical roles, which is great, but I have a lot of Asian actor friends who are struggling.

  

  Kimiko Glenn
  • Great
  • Character
  • Friends

• You mean the fact that Tom Arnold would spend more time with the hair and makeup people than I would?

  

  Lisa Guerrero
  • People
  • Time
  • Hair

• Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Pain
  • Suffering

• In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized

  

  Alex Grey
  • Thinking
  • Society

• I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun.

  

  Jim Harrison
  • Life
  • Fun
  • Dream

• The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation. Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world’s largest democracy.

  

  Arun Jaitley
  • World
  • Country
  • Democracy

• I do not separate France from Europe.

  

  Lionel Jospin