Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
Lara Flynn Boyle -
I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
Zoe Kazan -
I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
Gary Bauer -
I don't drink hot beverages.
Gary Cohn -
I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up.
Dan Scanlon
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
Olivia Williams -
Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
Foster Friess -
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
Olivia De Havilland -
Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
Edmund Phelps -
I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
Aaron Sorkin -
The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
Ralph Hodgson
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
Zach Anner -
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
Mae West -
As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
Dan Jenkins -
A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
C. J. Cherryh -
Play for Canada? Why not? I have a Canadian passport.
Oscar Taveras
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Sympathy is a shallow stream in the souls of those who have not suffered.
W. Sangster -
They lingered over their coffee discussing alimony.
Bel Kaufman -
I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
Tavi Gevinson -
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
Carl Honore -
When obedience is so impious, Revolt is a necessity.
Pierre Corneille -
There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.
Fyodor Dostoevsky