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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, a

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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I read my eyes out and cant read half enough. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read. – John Adams

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Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. – John Adams

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More than we use is more than we want. – Scottish Proverb

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The desire of the lazy kill him; for his hands refuse to labor. Proverbs 21:25 – Bible

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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. – Gaston Bachelard

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And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Ecclesiastes 12:5 – Bible

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I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. Its demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then youve got a cool action scene. – Jose Padilha

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