Kevin Powers Quotes
One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
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I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
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Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
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I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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Let us be tried by our actions.
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If I sit in the same square room and work on something too long, I feel like you just go mad.
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Unity of minds, natural love and co-operation, are the qualities we have to develop today. Education is not for securing university degrees.
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Never let yourself be seduced by any problem, no matter how difficult.
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One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.
