Christopher Morley Quotes
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The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
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The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.
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Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.
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For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.
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I've always enjoyed doing dishes. Maybe it was the fashionable yellow gloves that I loved so much. It's weird, I know, but I find cleaning cathartic.
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I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw.
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You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football – for me, at least.
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Go to work on an egg.
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When there's anything to steal, I steal
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Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually.
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I don't know if people would be surprised by this or not, but I'm kind of into nutrition and weight lifting. I know I'm kind of a slender man, but the human physique fascinates me, and learning about metabolism.
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It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.
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I find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that?
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They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.
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No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future.
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I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
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I'm acting a lot when I'm writing for other people.
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I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.
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A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'Anchorman' movie would have been a terrible thing.
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Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".
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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.
