Chris Pine Quotes
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
Dan Colen
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
Rafael Nadal
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
Samantha Power
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
Wayne Rogers
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
Vincent Bugliosi
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He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
Macaulay Culkin
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
Adam Ferguson
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
Kapil Dev
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
Rachel Sklar
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I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
Randy Johnson
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
Gary Johnson
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
Iain McGilchrist
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
Victoria Pendleton
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
Zelda Fitzgerald
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Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
Natalia Tena
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What women care about are jobs, the economy, the unemployment rate.
Pam Bondi
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Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182
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I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
Naomi Shihab Nye
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Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.
Charles M. Schulz
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An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.
Clifton Fadiman
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'Me' time is just as important as 'us' time.
Chris Pine