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 hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.
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Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.
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One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.
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I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.
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I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.
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I personally don't need to see a story about a person that starts up miserable and ends up worse.
