Marcel Proust Quotes
We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent, and intimate hours.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism.
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way.
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I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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I'm not a self-promoter. I'm not on TV all the time.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems.
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'I think I know it all, relatively speaking.'
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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
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The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him 'better.'
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We do not fear the loss of God's favor, for either we have it not. We cannot lose it. What we fear is the loss of our idols.
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My legacy is not only about legacy, it's about how we as a human family learn to live together within our difference.
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We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent, and intimate hours.
