Christian Bale Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home - Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed at home and took care of everyone - those days have almost gone, and it's so much more unconventional now.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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When I was playing bluegrass, I was living down in West Hollywood - starving.
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No one can be a true Muslim and a true American simultaneously.
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The DEFENSE of anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to ATTACK, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged in, whether it is in terms of personal conversation, public debate, or a court of law. NEVER BE INTERESTED IN CHARGES. DO, yourself, much MORE CHARGING, and you will WIN.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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I have a fear of being boring.
