Charles Dickens Quotes
There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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Steve Jobs was never going to let Flash on any Apple product again like that after in 1997 - he's got a long memory - they said no and Bill Gates said yes.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.
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A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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Only one player is not important. The most important thing is the squad, and it's important to be together. You can't just lose it over one player.
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It remains to be seen which program will cause greater societal damage: China's one-child policy or America's one-parent policy.
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I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its own. When you can do anything you want, you're really responsible to do something great. And that's scary.
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The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
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There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.
