Khalil Gibran Quotes
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
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People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo.
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Whether or not your candidate wins, the crucial importance is the integrity of our voting system. You have to engage in the process in order to change it.
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You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.
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There are two main principles I've picked up over the years as they pertain to cultivating the type of faith that moves mountains. The first is this: Faith comes by looking at God, not at the mountain. The second is this: God gives us faith as we walk by his side.
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The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.
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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
