Columbus Short Quotes
The thing about addiction is you think you're getting off on people, and you're not, and the only person you're fooling is yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.
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I'm probably more comfortable inside a Marine Corps rifle company than I am anywhere in my life.
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We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
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Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state.
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We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early.
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The thing about addiction is you think you're getting off on people, and you're not, and the only person you're fooling is yourself.
