Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I'm not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.
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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
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Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
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As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
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I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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I got into one of the schools I applied to because of the essay I wrote about Holly Hunter's character in 'Broadcast News.' She's the only female producer on this news network, and she's really good at her job, but she allots time in her day to just sit at her desk and cry. And then she's just back to work. I find that really effective.
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Now - find God's dream for your life and go all out for it!
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The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.
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If you're not a successful artist it's your fault.
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Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, What trusty treasure in the world can counterfail a friend?
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
