Life Quotes
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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.
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Living in China, I found out that the bright new world was not for me, not for defectors. My life in North Korea had been OK; suddenly, in China, I had to feed myself and earn money. Worst of all, North Korean defectors are hunted by the government.
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When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known.
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Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.
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Human warmth is perhaps the most lacking in a composer who lives his life in a recording studio.
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When I was born again, I received the very life of the risen Lord from Jesus Himself.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.
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Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.
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People test movies within an inch of their life so that the entire audience experience is a uniform one.
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When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can put you off acting for life. But I was laughing all the way through it.
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'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.
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Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.
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Not just a benchmark in my career, but a benchmark in my life.
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I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
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I do not understand how anyone can, in good conscience, tell a family whose child is suffering from a life-threatening disease that politics is more important than finding a cure.
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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that.
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The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.
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I am at one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league. And in my private life, everything is also going very well. At 25, I feel in the right place.
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I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.
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The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out.
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As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.
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I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
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Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
