Quotes About Pursuit

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us

The longer it takes me to track you down, the more hope you have of escaping.

PREDATORS RUN FOR THEIR DINNER. PREY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.

As your affection for me can only proceed from your experience and conviction of my fondness for you (for to talk of natural affection is talking nonsense), the only return I desire is, what it is chiefly your interest to make me; I mean your invariable practice of virtue, and your indefatigable pursuit of knowledge. Adieu! and be persuaded that I shall love you extremely, while you deserve it; but not one moment longer.

According to the Dalai Lama, happiness is not a static state that we attain. It is an elusive goal that we must constantly pursue.

to per cent I'll see if I can find him for you.' I

SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles.

Accurate forecasts may help do that sometimes, and when they do accuracy is welcome, but it is pushed aside if that's what the pursuit of power requires.

The woman wore a grey knee-length skirt, what once must have been a nicely pressed white blouse. She carried heels in one hand as she ran in the grass, toward Hoover Drive. A fast zombie in a dark business suit, complete with a thin black tie, was right behind her. He reached for her, swiping passes with bloated blue hands. She serpentined. Left. Right. Doubling back. Good moves. She was like an over-dressed running back. Her shoes the ball.

It is the pursuit of happiness that makes people unhappy.

Tracking down people who did not want to be found was vital to what I did for a living, and I was good at it.

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

I have this problem - I don't have hobbies. Everything that's interesting becomes a vocation.

I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to scratch. Acting was really the only alternative. My parents have been really supportive throughout.

From the time I made my announcement that I was going to be an actor, I auditioned for community theater, did shows at Greenbrier, interned at the Cleveland Play House for a summer, took voice lessons, took ballet lessons. I did everything that Cleveland allowed me to do - everything that was available to me.

Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week.

I try to go out for everything. I go out for any acting stuff that comes up, and voice-over stuff.

Our obligation to fight pollution traces the roots of its persuasion to that same moral mountaintop from which my father lent his voice to the voiceless. The pursuit of civil equality in health helped build our environmental laws.

I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should get into these plays that are going on.' I'm like, 'Nah, nah, music's my thing.' I just fell into it. I moved to Atlanta, got with an agency out there, started doing little voiceover commercials, and it started getting kind of fun.

There are people who are seekers and people who aren't.

Everybody is a seeker to a degree.

There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club, it seemed to be something I could do.