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I'll still try to nail acting jobs, but with 'Eastbound,' creating it is what gives me the ultimate pleasure at the end of the day.
It's always nice when someone you don't know comes up to you and says a couple nice things about your work. It's always a pleasure.
When you die, God and the Angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.
It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.
In terms of sheer pleasure, Tom Stoppard was very big for me because he is so funny and so smart, and it felt delicious reading him.
Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.
Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.
Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading.
I'm not saying that it's wrong to make huge Hollywood films but it's just a different kind of feeling, a different sort of pleasure.
I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.
Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.
Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.
As nobody can possibly tell me whether one's writing is bad or good, the only certain value is one's own pleasure. I am sure of that.
The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.
There is more real pleasure to be gotten out of a malicious act, where your heart is in it, than out of thirty acts of a nobler sort.
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.
I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.
Nobody knows everything-one of the pleasures of language is that there is always something new to learn-and everybody makes mistakes.
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.
A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.
The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of Nature.
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
There's no sacrifice in eating well, there is no sacrifice in pleasure. To the contrary, the best-grown food is actually the tastiest.
I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is.
The true Sovereign of the world, who moulds the world like soft wax, according to his pleasure, is he who lovingly sees into the world.
N.Y. is like second home to me. I love that city. I have lived there for a couple of years and it's always a pleasure to go back there.
The pleasure and value of every walk or journey we take may be doubled to us by carefully noting down the impressions it makes upon us.
You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great pleasure and an escape.
The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.
Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more.
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
If we are to make life into a pleasure rather than a struggle, then I would suggest that we have to start with our own mental attitudes.
A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.
It's in despair that you find the sharpest pleasures, particularly when you are most acutely aware of the hopelessness of your position.
The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.
My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family: my husband and daughter, but also my mother, my three sisters, and their families.
I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
For sure working with Ferrari is a great pleasure. It's a great team, it's a great experience and it's a great dream as well to be there.