Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.
Die Bildung hat darin versagt, die wertvollste Lektion weiter zu tragen, die die Wissenschaft lehren kann: Skepsis.
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.
As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy.
I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.
My career has always kind of moved forward and upward. I've never had anything kind of stall out or go in the opposite direction. I've always kind of been moving in the right direction.
Sometimes I know a film might not pull the audience to the theatres and have a great collection at the box office. But I need to do these films for creative satisfaction and give something different to the audience.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was a really skinny kid, and I remember my mother always telling people, 'I don't know how she's alive. I think she gets all of her nutrients from air pollution.'
The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.
The most important part are the fans, that people going home are happy. It's their time off, and you should give them something to enjoy.
It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to Europe with a sidekick to interview various Fascists to find out how the Nazis and Mussolini got into power.
And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war.
I am tired of kissing on screen. I have to do it because it is synonymous with me. Also, the producers and directors want to add that element. I don't give it too much importance.
As an actor, I was not accepted for the longest time. But it did not deter me, as the audience had accepted me. I never compared myself with any other actors. I never had any game plan and took whatever came my way.
My films have a bold interpretation. They are unapologetic about showing intimacy. Going by the number of people who come to watch my films, this is what our target audience yearns for.
I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.
Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.
Bei REWE am Pfandautomaten klebt ein Zettel: 'Auch hier bitte 1,5 m Abstand!'
Das Zielen war echt schwer, aber nach 20 Minuten hatte ich meine 3 Flaschen drin.
Das Zielen war echt schwer, aber nach 20 Minuten hatte ich meine 3 Flaschen drin.
Die Wut des Virus zeigt die Torheit des Krieges. Deshalb fordere ich heute einen sofortigen globalen Waffenstillstand in allen Teilen der Welt. Es ist Zeit, Konflikte zu beenden und uns gemeinsam auf den Kampf um unser Leben zu konzentrieren.
António Guterres (als Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen) - März 2020
1Manchmal sind es die kleinsten Entscheidungen, die das Leben für immer verändern können.
Jeder Mensch sollte in den Spiegel schauen und etwas sehen, was er besser machen kann. Fertig.
There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.
Es ist traurig, wenn Mädchen das Gefühl haben, dass sie außer ihrer Schönheit nichts bieten können.
After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever.
Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
Als ich ein Kind war, habe ich immer mit Leuten gespielt, die doppelt so alt waren wie ich, daher war ich immer der letzte, der gewählt wurde. Wenn ich auf dem Feld bleiben wollte, musste ich den Ball zum stärksten Spieler bringen. Das war mein Job.
Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.
There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.
Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.
And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive.
