Dashiell Hammett Quotes
If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
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Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.
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When people say I have become a celebrity, I remind them of fame's flip side. For instance, if I want to watch a movie in a cinema, I have to enter through a side exit just before the film begins and leave by the same exit before the credits roll.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes.
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For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
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Don't think OF the market. Think AS the market.
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There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner.
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If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.
