Marianne Williamson Quotes
Hatred is the spiritual malignancy of our species, and like any other form of cancer, does its most terrible work not outwardly, but from within us.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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The one dream I have is to do a musical. I love singing, but most people don't know because I don't sell myself as a musical person. My dream is to play Audrey in 'Little Shop of Horrors' - it would be so interesting to have an Asian Audrey because it's all about achieving the American dream in a sinister, success-driven way.
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Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.
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I thought I was done making CIA movies after 'The Bourne Identity.' I really had used my father's work in Iran-Contra on 'The Bourne Identity.' You get one experience like that in your life where you have personal exposure to something, and you put it in a movie. That's it.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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I bought an organic rice milk. Frozen.....I'm not going to make something I don't know how to make, I don't have a recipe for.
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Hatred is the spiritual malignancy of our species, and like any other form of cancer, does its most terrible work not outwardly, but from within us.
