Blaise Pascal Quotes
Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other. But this is not natural. Each keeps its own place.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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You need a real crisis before you have reforms.
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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
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The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
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A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.
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Singing was never my thing.
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Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other. But this is not natural. Each keeps its own place.
