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“I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.”
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“He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.”
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“The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his victory; the grateful provincials enjoyed the blessings of his reign; but the favourites, who had opposed his elevation, were offended by his virtues; and they justly considered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court.”
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“I'll let life take me where it will.”
Source : "Cannes 2012: Is Matthias Schoenaerts This Year's Jean Dujardin?". Interview with Rebecca Leffler, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 16, 2012.
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“I have a God-given right to pursue happiness, and happiness to me is killing things, skinning them, plucking them, and then having a good meal. What makes me happy is going out and blowing a duck's head off.”
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“But why?" "You heard the pay, right? And also, to be near you." Thumbing a tear from my cheek, he added, "Mostly, to be near you.”
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“A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.”
Source : John Hodgman (2012). “More Information Than You Require”, p.268, Penguin
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“The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.”