Christian Bale Quotes
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I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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I want more movies like 'Straight Outta Compton.' Showing our stories of triumph, we'll make it through, and we'll get to something better.
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Islam is about finding your own space.
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
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People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes.
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It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.
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Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years.
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Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!
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You'll have to forgive me this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.
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You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.
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I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
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Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three to six hours a week - or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 - 165 hours of the week.
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Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.
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I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.
