Christopher Morley Quotes
Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.
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When I was a kid, they used to say, 'Oh man, you don't ever wanna leave New York.' I don't ever want to stay in New York!
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
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Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
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In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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Players don't usually like anybody who makes more money than they do.
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Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.
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Boxing is what pays my bills.
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary violence of abolitionists, or from the coalition of nullifiers, will never meet with my unqualified approval.
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I make no secret of the fact that writing She-Hulk can serve as an opportunity for me to sneak in some really cool characters that I personally love. Some will be obvious fits, but others will come out of left field - but that's what's fun about the Marvel U - the bench is deep.
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Mammograms are really sort of a gift. You can either catch something early or count your lucky stars because nothing was discovered. Either way, you're ahead of the game.
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From the cradle to the grave, each individual pays for the sin of not being God. That's why life is an uninterrupted religious crisis, superficial for believers, shattering for doubters.
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For me it's important to get the origin of the character like in the Richard Donner superman. We saw him became slowly a super hero but i think it's important to take time and stay realistic.
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Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.
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Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.
