Bert Lance Quotes
The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Elves are cool, man.
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You have to take a wheelbarrow full of money and roll out and try to make a movie out of it. But you run out of money eventually, and then it becomes painful and it becomes a struggle and time will kill the enthusiasm!
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The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.
