Life Quotes
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Each of us, deep down, believes that the whole world issues from his own precious body, like images projected from a tiny slide onto an earth-sized screen. And then, deeper down, each of us knows he's wrong.
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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a process to try to understand life. I think this is the case for actors across the world.
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I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.
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I want an ending that's satisfying. I'm more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don't like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark.
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What I get really excited about are movies that I connect with emotionally. 'Deliverance' was on TV, and they don't really make movies like that anymore, just simple and scary. The truly scary thing is, 'I'm going to threaten your life, I'm going to threaten the people you love. What are you going to do about it?'
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It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.
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The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.
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In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
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“I've allowed myself to lead this little life, when inside me there was so much more.”
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Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable.
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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
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To be honest, being a fat girl, when people are telling you you need to eat, it's the biggest thrill of your life.
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I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities.
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In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.
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What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
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With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity.
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I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.
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A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.
