Katharine Graham Quotes
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
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I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.
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The developers, if they decide to move a tortoise, have to pay the long-term costs for enhancing the areas that take care of the tortoise, and it gives us the opportunity to manage an area that is going to be protected.
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Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.Spare their women for Thy Sake,And if that is not too easy,We will pardon Thy Mistake.But, gracious Lord, whate'er shall be,Don't let anyone bomb me.
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Never mistake motion for action.
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In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works. - vol. II, p. 582 (as cited on p. 177 of Schopenhauer: A Biography)
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You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.
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A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
