Blaise Pascal Quotes
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
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I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.
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I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They're both exactly as big as they need to be. I can't be doing with an ostentatious, big house - you can only be in one room at a time.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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Every role is a new form of surrender.
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Facebook and Instagram are spiritual brothers.
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What makes philosophy so tedious is not the profundity of philosophers, but their lack of art; they are like physicians who soughtto cure a slight hyperacidity by prescribing a carload of burned oyster-shells.
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I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.
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My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!
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All truth is precious, if not all divine; and what dilates the powers must needs refine.
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[Making meth] is a complex process. The truth of it is that we live in a post-Google world where you can find six recipes for meth in 30 seconds on a search engine.
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
