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As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want...

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about actors, contentment

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the...

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?

Quote by Joe Cocker about old, olderness, god, contentment

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much doing nothing.

Quote by Gertrude Stein about genius, nothing, time, contentment

Give a controversial, immoral issue, enough leeway in...

Give a controversial, immoral issue, enough leeway in mainstream society, it will become the norm.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about society

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

Quote by James Joyce about mother, world, love

If we wish to develop scientific research, a transport...

If we wish to develop scientific research, a transport policy, public services, it is necessary to have the financial means to do so.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about research, wish, public

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Quote by Sidonie - Gabrielle Colette about enthusiasm, things, contentment

Even though I have not loved from the beginning this wonderful soul, even though I have long disappointed and tortured it with my apparent instability, I have come to understand that when you do not seek you will find and when you do not love from...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about love, beginning, contentment, soul, life

I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the...

I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is.

Quote by Erykah Badu about music, love

In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to...

In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to educate the consumer to accept a tiny blemish on an orange.

Quote by Robert Patterson about war, waste, need, contentment

Fame is the thirst of youth.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fame, youth

My parents might say that I started telling stories when...

My parents might say that I started telling stories when I learned to talk and decided that I'd become a writer the day I recognized a typewriter.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about parents, writers, day

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, ...

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe about beauty, evolution, tears, soul

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

Quote by Charles Babbage

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Quote by Sigmund Freud about philosophy, poets

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, suffering

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

Quote by Charles Babbage about genius, knowledge, country, good, good luck

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about truth

I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.

I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.

Quote by Don Johnson

If you are allergic to lead it is best to avoid a war zone.

If you are allergic to lead it is best to avoid a war zone.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, contentment

Being the kind of person I am, though, I preferred it...

Being the kind of person I am, though, I preferred it when it was more scandalous.

Quote by Boy George about man, people, being

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about enemies, man

Is the sunrise superior just because it goes before the sunset with a day and sunset goes before the sunrise with a night? Could there be day without night and sunrise without sunset, life without death?

Quote by Sorin Cerin about power, night, day, wisdom, death, life

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about hunger, weakness, heads, time, man

I came up with American Splendor, some people think it's...

I came up with American Splendor, some people think it's American Squalor.

Quote by Harvey Pekar about nation, americans, people

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times....

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I'm a romantic.

Quote by Johnny Depp

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Quote by Richard Bach about impossible, being

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to...

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

Quote by Coco Chanel about opinion, merit, contentment, nature, face

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only...

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about duty, good, good luck

For every student wanting to play clarinet, there will be...

For every student wanting to play clarinet, there will be six who want to play alto sax.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about music, students

The shortest to do many things is to do one thing at once.

The shortest to do many things is to do one thing at once.

Quote by Samuel Smiles about opinion, things

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about youth, old, olderness, rules, body, man, mind

Fame and tranquillity can never be bed fellows.

Fame and tranquillity can never be bed fellows.

Quote by Michel Montaigne about fame

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Quote by Iulius Cezar about teachers, experience, things

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, ...

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger about film, end, perfection, contentment

In American cinema, people will take a chance on you, ...

In American cinema, people will take a chance on you, though they'll often remind you that really, they always liked you.

Quote by Kim Basinger about chance, americans, contentment, people

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