When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
Sidney Poitier
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
Joe Namath
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At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.
Jeremy Irons
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I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.
Maya Angelou
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Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
Robinson Jeffers
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The most important thing for building a robot that you can interact with socially is its visual attention system. Because what it pays attention to is what it's seeing and interacting with, and what you're understanding what it's doing.
Rodney Brooks
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Darkness is full of possibility.
Michael Leunig
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I care about my legacy that I'm leaving, not only for my fans, but for my wife and my children and my grandchildren. I want them to look back and say, 'He did it right and he stood up for what is right.'
Josh Turner
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My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
Chris Ware
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
Anthony Foxx
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Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found.
Peter Abelard
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What I love most about acting is being able to play different types of personalities without being considered crazy.
Tyler James Williams
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One of the functions of drama is to teach.
Tim Pigott-Smith
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