If you ask me what is civilisation, it's little more than an act of faith.
Mary Beard
Recitation: by Male by Female
My central strength as an actor is the fact that I'm 6 foot 3. A certain power emanates from my size, juxtaposed with the fact that I try to find an element of sensitivity in every character I play. People enjoy seeing that because it goes against what we're led to expect as far as the way men are supposed to be - macho and all that.
Jimmy Smits
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In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself.
Joe Bastianich
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I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.
John Connolly
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I was a waiter before 'The Office,' so to me, this was a winning lottery ticket. Everything about my life has changed.
John Krasinski
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If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters.
Tracy Chapman
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Everyone always helped me out growing up, and everyone now supports me Sunday. So whenever there's a chance to give back, to the community, to the less fortunate kids so they have the opportunity to gain the most potential they can in their life to be success, it's always good to do.
Rob Gronkowski
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I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.
Jonathan Ive
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For me, I was never really obsessed with Luke Cage. My obsession was Wolverine.
Cheo Hodari Coker
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Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.
Boris Yeltsin
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What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.
William S. Paley
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Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.
Wilson Mizner
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The soul of man is one of those subtle and evanescent substances that, as long as they remain still, the organ of sight does not remark; it must become agitated to become visible.
William Godwin
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