Charles Van Doren Quotes
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
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The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.
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We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.
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Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
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The world is a penal institution.
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When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.
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How fit is he to sway That can so well obey ('Horatian Ode,' 83-84),
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'Little Night' comes from deep in my heart, and tells about the lengths people will go for love.
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I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard.
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It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
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I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.
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My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.
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To know nothing is the happiest life.
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I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing.
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I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
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I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.
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My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.
