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“The likes of Bob Dylan and David Bowie and probably Elvis Presley or any of the Beatles, none of them would have got through Pop Idol, because they're not conventional. They're not what people think is popular now. I like the individuality in people. I don't want everyone to sound the same.”
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“There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie.”
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“Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.”
Source : Nathaniel Branden (1998). “A Woman's Self-Esteem: Struggles and Triumphs in the Search for Identity”, Jossey-Bass
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“Tolerate nothing in your life that might diminish your hunger for Gods word. Apply it w vigor & spiritual energy!”
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“I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.”
Source : Barbara Hepworth (Dame), Alan Bowness (1967). “Drawings from a sculptor's landscape”
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“Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago. We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration.”
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“Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.”
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“Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government more ethical or religious.”
Source : John M. Swomley (1987). “Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context”
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“My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.'”
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“The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.”
