Francis Bacon Quotes
Let great authors have their due, as time, which is the author of authors, be not deprived of his due, which is, further and further to discover truth.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
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Do you want to be the guy with a game named after you or be the one with 18 Oscar nominations?
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I definitely want to start a family, but that will happen when it's supposed to.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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I just want to do as many utterly different parts as I can get. Variety teaches you to act, and it keeps you fresh in your approach.
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While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.
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Let great authors have their due, as time, which is the author of authors, be not deprived of his due, which is, further and further to discover truth.
