Immanuel Kant Quotes
Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
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The amygdala is one of those brain structures that a lot of people know a little bit about, and there's a definite tendency to conflate the amygdala and the fear response itself - as if the amygdala, and the amygdala alone, 'causes' fear.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
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I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.
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Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve years raising their hand for permission to go to the bathroom.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Management Providence , knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
