Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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I'm still having fun, and I'm doing something and I'm seeing the world! I wasn't massively ambitious, but I did always want to do the best I could do.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the horrors of life multiplied for some children, the image of childhood was increasingly exalted. Children became the last symbols of purity in a world which was seen as increasingly ugly.
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I've heard people say that the trouble with the world is that we haven't enough great leaders. I think we haven't enough great followers. I have stood side by side with great thinkers - surgeons, engineers, economists; people who deserve a great following - and have heard the crowd cheer me instead.
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People try to start things with me because of who I am, and I know that means I have to stay away. Its definitely racial.
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I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.
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I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.