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I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which is sad, really.
— Amy Adams
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Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.
— Abu Bakr
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This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always…
— James A. Baldwin
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Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
— James A. Baldwin
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Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.
— James A. Baldwin
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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
— James A. Baldwin
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The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did…
— James A. Baldwin
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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing…
— James A. Baldwin
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I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to…
— Stanley Baldwin
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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right…
— Christian Bale
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I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will find it surprising.…
— Christian Bale
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in…
— Ansel Adams
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It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the…
— Ansel Adams
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When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the…
— Ansel Adams
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality…
— Alan Ball
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at…
— Bryan Adams
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The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or…
— J. G. Ballard
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Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages,…
— J. G. Ballard
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