There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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