Kenneth Lonergan Quotes
I personally don't need to see a story about a person that starts up miserable and ends up worse.
Quotes to Explore
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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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I studied Morse code.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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I am that I am, I am beauty, I am peace, I am joy, I am one with Mother Earth. I am one with everyone within the reach of my voice. In this togetherness, we ask the divine intelligence to eradicate all negatives from our hearts, from our minds and from our actions. And so be it....ashe.
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John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.
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I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.
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I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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I personally don't need to see a story about a person that starts up miserable and ends up worse.
