Kent Nerburn Quotes
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
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My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.
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Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
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I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much.
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The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
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I love visiting my friends because it makes me feel normal.
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It was entirely from worldly vanity that you destined him for the Church: with a family of three sons and four daughters, you were not warranted in devoting money to an expensive education which has succeeded in nothing but in giving him extravagant idle habits. You are now reaping the consequences.’
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I have an uncle who lived to 101, and my father died at 95, so I have a second career ahead of me.
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It is much easier to become a father than to be one.
