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There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Mark Twain
Keywords: about :: conjecture :: fact :: fascinating :: gets :: investment :: is :: of :: one :: out :: returns :: science :: something :: such :: there :: trifling :: wholesaleSubject: Science QuotesSource: quotationspage.com -
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
Oscar Wilde
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The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it`s so accidental. It`s so much like life.
Arthur Miller
Keywords: accidental :: because :: endlessly :: fascinating :: is :: it :: life :: like :: much :: so :: the :: theaterSubject: Life Quotes :: Theater QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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I was up to, I`m told, because, of course, you don`t remember if you drink that much, about two-and-a-half to three bottles of hard liquor a day. Fascinating idea, of course, drink on that scale. It`s rather nice to have gone through it and to have surviv...
Richard Burton
Keywords: 1974 :: about :: and :: because :: bottles :: course :: day :: don :: drink :: fascinating :: gone :: half :: hard :: have :: idea :: if :: it :: liquor :: much :: nice :: of :: on :: rather :: remember :: scale :: survived :: that :: three :: through :: to :: told :: two :: up :: was :: youSource: imdb.com
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[speaking in 1997] I have taken a long vacation, but I wouldn`t object to a fascinating part in a first-rate project, something I felt I could do well or would understand and interpret in an effective way. Then I would say, `Yes`. The offers still come, b...
Olivia De Havilland
Keywords: 1997 :: an :: and :: but :: come :: could :: do :: effective :: fascinating :: felt :: first :: have :: in :: interpret :: long :: not :: object :: offers :: or :: part :: project :: rate :: say :: something :: speaking :: still :: taken :: the :: then :: to :: understand :: vacation :: way :: well :: wha :: would :: wouldn :: yesSource: imdb.com
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If you look at a baby, the most fascinating thing to a baby, a newborn, is the human face. The baby will look at your face and watch your face move and want to touch it. If it`s a fantastic head and what it`s talking about is fantastic, then you can`t hav...
David Cronenberg
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When I was younger I had these enormous vanities about what I expected from myself. I`m glad to have a comfortable and fascinating life, but now I see it for what it is, so I can be braver and more spontaneous and say to myself, "Oh, screw it, just go out...
Diane Keaton
Keywords: about :: and :: be :: braver :: but :: can :: comfortable :: enormous :: expected :: fascinating :: for :: from :: glad :: go :: had :: have :: is :: it :: just :: life :: more :: myself :: now :: oh :: out :: say :: screw :: see :: so :: spontaneous :: there :: these :: to :: vanities :: was :: what :: when :: youngerSource: imdb.com
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[from 1984] There is nothing more fascinating -- and more fun -- than making movies. Besides, I think I`m finally getting the hang of it.
John Huston
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[on picking up his new hobby] Boxing is fascinating. It`s good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I`m a big cheese, but you don`t feel like that when you`re in the ring with a chap who knows what he`s doing. It...
Hugh Laurie
Keywords: around :: be :: big :: boxing :: but :: chap :: cheese :: clumsy :: doing :: don :: during :: fascinating :: feel :: for :: good :: he :: his :: hobby :: in :: is :: it :: knows :: like :: made :: new :: on :: picking :: re :: ring :: rit :: soul :: swank :: that :: the :: thinking :: to :: up :: week :: what :: when :: who :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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I`m basically interested in identity, and I still find fascinating the question, "How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people`s expectations for our identity?"
Tilda Swinton
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[2007] I`m not into vilifying L.A., like "Everyone is so dumb, everyone has fake boobs . . . " It`s just not true. There`s a lot of really smart, fascinating people there. I`m a New Yorker who loves L.A.
Amanda Peet
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[interview in Playboy, 12/04] I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
Bernie Mac
Keywords: 04 :: 12 :: 45s :: able :: and :: be :: being :: berettas :: clean :: discipline :: even :: fascinating :: glocks :: gun :: have :: having :: in :: interview :: is :: it :: like :: machinery :: marksmanship :: more :: out :: owner :: playboy :: remingtons :: take :: takes :: than :: that :: the :: toSource: imdb.com
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It`s part of my job. You can`t play Veronica Guerin [puts on heavy Strine] sounding like this. It just wouldn`t wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it`s a farce - is that it`s not slapped on. [on doing many accents]
Cate Blanchett
Keywords: about :: accent :: accents :: an :: but :: can :: doing :: farce :: fascinating :: find :: guerin :: heavy :: is :: it :: job :: just :: like :: many :: my :: not :: of :: on :: part :: play :: puts :: slapped :: sounding :: strine :: that :: this :: unless :: veronica :: wash :: what :: wouldn :: youSource: imdb.com
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I don`t know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too. - in early 30s.
Ginger Rogers
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[on Jack Nicholson] He`s eccentric but very interesting. A unique kind of approach. He shines because he`s himself a rather interesting eccentric. A very fascinating actor.
George C. Scott
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On her scene in Star Trek: Generations (1994) where she`s piloting the "Enterprise": "It was a fascinating sequence. What was funny was that my chair caught fire and burned my bottom. When we did the next take, I stopped in the middle of all the confusion...
Marina Sirtis
Keywords: 1994 :: all :: and :: bottom :: burned :: caught :: chair :: confusion :: did :: enterprise :: fascinating :: fire :: funny :: generations :: her :: in :: it :: made :: middle :: my :: next :: of :: on :: piloting :: scene :: sequence :: she :: star :: stopped :: take :: that :: the :: trek :: was :: we :: what :: when :: whereSource: imdb.com
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You can`t help but find that violence is endlessly fascinating-and I mean true violence, not action-movie violence, just because it is used as the answer to so many problems. We`re all taught as kids not to be violent, but you can`t help but also see that...
Christian Bale
Keywords: action :: all :: also :: and :: answer :: as :: be :: because :: but :: can :: endlessly :: fascinating :: find :: help :: is :: it :: just :: kids :: many :: mean :: movie :: not :: problems :: re :: see :: so :: taught :: that :: the :: to :: true :: used :: vio :: violence :: violent :: we :: youSource: imdb.com
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Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment. Douglas (Douglas Adams) told me in the strictest confidence exactly why 42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious. Nonetheless amazing for that. Rema...
Stephen Fry
Keywords: 42 :: about :: adams :: amazing :: and :: answer :: be :: comment :: completely :: confidence :: course :: douglas :: exactly :: extraordinary :: fascinating :: for :: hard :: in :: is :: it :: me :: nonetheless :: obvious :: of :: rea :: remarkable :: strictest :: that :: the :: think :: to :: told :: unfair :: when :: why :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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I`ve never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on wether I was to be an actor or a personality.
Robert De Niro
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Like Billy [his character in "Neighbours" (1985)], my dad is a GP and my two eldest brothers are, too. If I wasn`t acting, I would have definitely gone into medicine, too. It`s totally fascinating.
Jesse Spencer
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[during an Academy Award presentation. responding to the unexpected entrance of a streaker] Isn`t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?
David Niven
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Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don`t have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world - actors or anybody - is yourself.
Paulette Goddard
Keywords: actors :: actresses :: and :: anybody :: are :: be :: don :: fascinating :: freud :: go :: hats :: have :: in :: is :: know :: most :: never :: or :: own :: person :: pictures :: say :: see :: talking :: that :: the :: their :: they :: through :: to :: who :: world :: you :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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{on Howard Hughes] "Howard was one of the best dancers I ever knew, and fascinating to be with. Terribly bright and intelligent. But he was immersed in his work."
Ginger Rogers
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[on acting] "It`s a willingness to be naked, whether you have your clothes on or not, to strip away those parts of you that stand in the way of the truth of any individual - fascinating!"
Helen Shaver
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On going to the 1996 Oscars: Emma Thompson said to me `Listen, it`s honestly just like going to see a fantastic show`, and actually it really is, because there are so many people to look at and all those fabulous frocks and it`s really fascinating. But mu...
Kate Winslet
Keywords: 1996 :: actually :: all :: and :: are :: at :: because :: but :: emma :: fabulous :: fantastic :: fascinating :: frocks :: going :: honestly :: is :: it :: just :: like :: listen :: look :: many :: me :: mum :: on :: oscars :: people :: really :: said :: see :: show :: so :: the :: there :: thompson :: those :: toSource: imdb.com
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About `Funny Games`, and Austrian director Michael Haneke: I didn`t want to do it. The film was fascinating, but for an actress, it`s just incredibly hard to play. I regretted my decision later because it`s a really great film. But at the time, I just did...
Isabelle Huppert
Keywords: about :: actress :: an :: and :: at :: austrian :: because :: but :: decision :: didn :: director :: do :: fascinating :: film :: for :: funny :: games :: great :: haneke :: hard :: have :: incredibly :: it :: just :: later :: michael :: my :: play :: really :: regretted :: the :: time :: to :: want :: wasSource: imdb.com
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I love telling stories, and I love hearing a good story being told. Songwriting is fascinating in that it incorporates two things that I love to do: create a story and write the music to it. Then I get to sing it and play the piano on top of that. My job ...
Billy Joel
Keywords: allow :: and :: being :: create :: do :: fascinating :: get :: good :: hearing :: in :: incorporates :: is :: it :: job :: love :: music :: my :: of :: on :: piano :: play :: sing :: songwriting :: stories :: story :: telling :: that :: the :: then :: things :: to :: told :: top :: two :: writeSource: imdb.com
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Examining other people`s motivations, other people`s language and other people`s way of interacting is much more fascinating to me than spending a lot of time worrying about my own. I`ve said, What other people think of me is none of my business.""
Beth Broderick
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Popstars really draws you in. It`s fascinating. It`s interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren`t involved and they weren`t trying to be world famous. It`s the Real World, only better.
Scott Patterson
Keywords: and :: be :: better :: draws :: egos :: even :: famous :: fascinating :: if :: in :: interesting :: involved :: it :: kind :: of :: only :: people :: popstars :: real :: really :: situation :: that :: the :: they :: thrown :: to :: together :: trying :: watch :: weren :: world :: youSource: imdb.com
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I think, you know, the only frontier left for music is fusion, styles, and the constant evolution of country is fascinating to me because what`s accepted now wasn`t accepted a certain time ago and that`s a cyclical thing.
Keith Urban
Keywords: accepted :: ago :: and :: because :: certain :: constant :: country :: cyclical :: evolution :: fascinating :: for :: frontier :: fusion :: is :: know :: left :: me :: music :: now :: of :: only :: styles :: that :: the :: thing :: think :: time :: to :: wasn :: what :: youSource: imdb.com
