Lord Byron Quotes
It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians, whose virtues have been those of peace, and their vices those of compulsion. But whatever may have been their destiny - and it has been bitter - whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe.
Quotes to Explore
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
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If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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The first time I got locked up, I was in Walmart stealing BB guns.
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I think the saddest thing in the world will be for people who face their death and realize they never lived. That won't be me.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
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You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.
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It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians, whose virtues have been those of peace, and their vices those of compulsion. But whatever may have been their destiny - and it has been bitter - whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe.
