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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has co... LAURA BELL BUNDY I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terr... DANIEL RADCLIFFE When I was 20 I was like, 'I'm not a teenager anymore. I got this.' But when I look back... CASSIE SCERBO To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's lik... CAM GIGANDET I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The o... OLIVIA COLMAN Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I ... ELISABETH SHUE I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe... TARA LIPINSKI I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actua... ROBERT SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I've always been a late bloomer, so I never feel like, 'Oh, I'm gettin' older; I gue... MEGAN MULLALLY I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm dif... SONIA RYKIEL Directing is genderless. The only thing... I love men. I'm not being mean to them, but they can&... LORI PETTY I'm not thrilled that I have a tramp stamp. When you see people bend over in their really low-cu... KATHERINE MOENNIG The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I e... VANESSA FERLITO I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that'... BETTY WHITE I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the... RACHEL HURD-WOOD It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't kn... ADAM GARCIA Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really c... BEN HOROWITZ I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want t... JACK OSBOURNE I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being... DAVE GROHL I'm a wise Latina woman. Whatever, man. Thank God I'm not in politics, because the fact that... JUSTINA MACHADO I don't know what my next dream role gig is, but I have so, so many shows that I'm like, ... ALLISON TOLMAN The bottom line is, I'm blessed with good health. On top of that, I don't go around thinking... BETTY WHITE What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I do... KYLIE JENNER There are people that have that confidence, who march into VIP areas. I assume I won't get in. I... CHRIS LOWE You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't le... MICHAEL SHANNON I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: ... SAMUEL L. JACKSON I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guy... HALSEY Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the sit... VLADIMIR HOROWITZ I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, ... CAITRIONA BALFE I can't believe that I was one of those people who said 'I'm not really a sci-fi fan.... MAGDA APANOWICZ I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, &... DAKOTA FANNING I don't want to be the guy who goes, 'Oh yeah, blah blah blah... everyone freaking well know... JOHN C. MCGINLEY Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't s... MICHELLE OBAMA I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped... SIMONE BILES I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in t... ASHLEY OLSEN I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?&... HALLE BERRY Everyone's like, 'Oh, you must live in L.A., the glamorous life,' and I really don't... MADDIE ZIEGLER The typical response from people when I tell them I'm diabetic is, 'Oh, I'm sorry to hea... CHARLIE KIMBALL Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a reall... DAMIEN FAHEY Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look blo... JOANNA LUMLEY I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really ... MIKE TROUT I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting o... CHADWICK BOSEMAN I find there's this weird anger thing: Someone will approach me at the bar and say, 'Hey, ca... HANNAH SIMONE I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, a... TRACEY EMIN I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering abou... NATE RUESS You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's l... CHELSEA CAIN I'm just really tiny. People hate me, because I just sit. I'm eating, I'm eating, I'... CHANEL IMAN When Photoshop came around, I thought I'd died and went to heaven. When I hear artists say, '... MARILYN MINTER I am such that person that, when I'm working, I'm like, 'Oh, what I wouldn't give fo... CASSIDY FREEMAN From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's ... CHARLIZE THERON The full thing is God-given. I don't know how I got my swing or what I did. I know I worked ever... BRYCE HARPER I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads... JOHN KRASINSKI There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook. PETER M. BRANT I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to b... DRAKE Everyone's like, 'Oh my God, can I ask you something? You were in 'Percy Jackson,' r... DYLAN MINNETTE Everyone has that friend who's every day, like, 'I hate my nose, I hate my nose, I hate my n... LAUREN CONRAD I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don... HANNAH WARE I'm at the stage in my pregnancy where I don't feel pregnant. You feel very, 'Oh yeah, I... KELLY STABLES I'm actually really good at vacuuming, and I don't even mind it so much. I hate dusting with... BRONTE CAMPBELL Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I k... AJ LEE Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn'... NATASHA LITTLE Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm n... JAROMIR JAGR I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to ... HANNAH MURRAY That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of l... RONDA ROUSEY There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are.... RILEY KEOUGH I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I... JACLYN SMITH I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like... EMMITT SMITH I know I'm supposed to say ageing doesn't bother me, then suddenly you're like, 'Yea... TRACEY EMIN I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of i... VINCE MCMAHON I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're s... IDRIS ELBA I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doin... JAMES DURBIN In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as go... BRYAN VOLPENHEIN I like What Goes Around Comes Around for old concert tees. Oh man, I got this 'Sgt. Pepper' ... KID CUDI If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ... TOM CRUISE I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don'... WARREN MOON When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a... SUSAN HAYWARD It's such a private thing. It's a huge decision. It's not like you wake up one day and s... CANDIS CAYNE Oh, I'm pregnant on 'Girls.' 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natural right which make up the Decla... RUFUS CHOATE Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. RUFUS CHOATE The key part of your brand is a quality product. Creating exceptional content is the number one thin... RUFUS GRISCOM I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and... RUFUS SEWELL Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people. RUFUS JONES The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all. ANNELI RUFUS People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got ... RUFUS SEWELL Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that ... RUFUS SEWELL We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Ov... ANNELI RUFUS It has been said 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'. This statement is most assuredly... RUFUS RHODEN This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control. RUFUS KING I'm not crazy, I'm sanity challenged. RUFUS RHODEN I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I ... RUFUS SEWELL We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called.... ANNELI RUFUS And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the ... ANNELI RUFUS Life is like a box of chocolates, it mostly tastes like shit. RUFUS RHODEN There are two kinds of people I don't like being around, stupid people and ugly people. I guess that... RUFUS RHODEN Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate lov... RUFUS CHOATE There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people go... RUFUS CHOATE Good or evil? It's really just a matter of perspective. RUFUS RHODEN The new age cannot live on naturalism or on secularism. Life becomes sterile and futile without the ... RUFUS JONES Feast of Mark the Evangelist The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, engaged al... RUFUS JONES Enlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! - Allan Rufus ALLAN RUFUS Quotes and notes to self – Find your inner peace! Don’t be caught up in yo... ALLAN RUFUS Your Hands And Feet Gets Your Mind To Where It Wants To Be! ALLAN RUFUS Note To Self! I will stay calm and relaxed no matter what confronts me today, tomorrow and ever... ALLAN RUFUS The Master's Sacred Knowledge. Love is the treasure you should seek! The grea... ALLAN RUFUS Love is magical, it changes and brightens up your world! ALLAN RUFUS Negative Thoughts, Actions and Deeds Create Emotions, and these Emotions WILL EAT YOU... ALLAN RUFUS The most incredible architecture Is the architecture of Self, which is ever changing, evol... ALLAN RUFUS They say isolation drives you crazy. Sure it does - when you can't get enough of it. ANNELI RUFUS Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob ... ANNELI RUFUS I'd like an omelet named after me. RUFUS SEWELL When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so m... RUFUS SEWELL Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I... RUFUS SEWELL I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got ... RUFUS SEWELL If you are holding hands with others, you can't hold a gun! ALLAN RUFUS I think if you lower the limits on money it would encourage our elected officials to get into their ... RUFUS JONES The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte immine... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sed... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subes... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an
unchangeable law through the eternal ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum inc... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mor... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one
cautious enough to resist the effects of ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.] QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.] QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat.,... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS But few prize honour more than money. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
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