Anderson Silva Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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Drama was all I ever wanted to do. There was no plan B!
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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He knew everything about girls, he knew everything about drugs, and he knew an awful lot about music, and I become interested in all three of those things.
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The miners of this country will now have to seriously consider their position and recognise that at some stage they are going to have to stand and fight in defence of our industry, in defence of our jobs and above all to retain a dignity and respect.
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When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.
