I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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