Ludovico Ariosto Quotes
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me back into a shuttle - and no other astronaut. The confidence is shaken.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
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I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.
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I don't go, 'I'm in the papers all the time,' because there are loads of people in the papers all the time. Sometimes I'm still like, 'Ooh, look- there's me!' I'm never like, 'Wow, look at me on the bus.' You have to be a bit grounded about things like that.
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Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.
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I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.
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Whole poems are made out of many single poems we call words.. .I am trying to recover a part of the poet's work which has been lost. Our first poets were the namers, not the rhymers.
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The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they can't identify bubbles, but when each bubble bursts, they flood the system with liquidity that brings about unintended consequences.
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There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.
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My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.
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But as for Lucy, she was always gay and golden-haired, and all princes in those parts desired her to be their Queen, and her own people called her Queen Lucy the Valiant.
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Natura inchina al male, e viene a farsiL'abito poi difficile a mutarsi.
