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It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

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I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#always #deserves #familiar #features #had

The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#mysteries #philosophers #same #searched #theologians

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look. ↗

— Ashley Tisdale

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I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#because #before #boring #challenge #done

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean? ↗

— Alice Walker

#i #impact #know #life #mean

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week. ↗

— William Devane

#even #extent #follow #going #in my opinion

The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead. ↗

— Vince Vaughn

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