"For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably one of the worst public speakers. I try to avoid it, but there are times when it's just too rude not to do it. But there really isn't a moment that's not embarrassing for me if I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd."

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Source : "Interview With “Kyle XY” Actress Jaimie Alexander". Interview with Linda Craddock, www.sliceofscifi.com. January 17, 2008.

Christian Bale

#People Quotes #Rude Quotes #Trying Quotes

“That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.”
“The bowl dispels corroding cares.”
“The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.”

Source : Isabel Paterson (1993). “The God of the Machine”, p.242, Transaction Publishers
“It's good to leave behind all that is comfortable and known every so often. It opens one's mind to the wide world.”

Source : Kristen Britain (2011). “Blackveil: Book Four of Green Rider”, p.266, Penguin
“Actually, being what you are is the simplest. What is difficult is to stopÂ being what you are not.”
“Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.”
“Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.”

Source : "Age of Reason". The New Yorker, (p. 103), October 22, 2007.
“Marriage is a duet or duel.”

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