Leo Tolstoy Quotes

When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word.

Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.

Every single aspect of myself, let me put it this way, it's all about trying to incorporate. It's about trying to weave the web and keep everyone happy. And of course, it's about giving value to those people so they continue to sponsor me.

I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being, because it's more useful as a campaign issue than it is as a solved issue.

I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight.

There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.

I don't believe in the ownership of work.

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.

O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies.

If you're asking if my breasts are natural, yes, this is how I've looked since I was 13 years old.

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

I would have preferred to have been in a film where I could've been more authentic or more human, where the dialogue and my approach to the part could have been more real.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.