Blaise Pascal Quotes
That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.
Quotes to Explore
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.
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Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it's in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever.
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I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall.
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To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.
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I'm as happy as I can be-but I have been happier.
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That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.
