Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.
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I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
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Nothing is more humiliating than to have to beg for work, and a system in which any man has to beg for work stands condemned. No man can defend it.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
