Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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Broadway is really my life.
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
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I loved 'Iron Man.'
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A lot of people don't just go ahead and try things.
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I don't get recognised until I'm on stage, and then I can walk off and forget about it. It's great.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
