Charles Baudelaire Quotes
Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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The products in my bathroom are pretty minimal. Issey Miyake makes great cologne, and I use everything from Zirh, especially their shave scream. I really like Mario Badesco aftershave, too. It's amazing.
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'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice, let us resolve to choose wisely.
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This is really honest: I have to remind myself not to look another black man as a threat.
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Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.
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My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.
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There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.
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Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.
