Karl Malden Quotes
During that McCarthy period, I was a frightened young man. I was working, but I was frightened.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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The success of ISIS is largely tied to the safe haven it has in Syria.
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
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In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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I really hate rubber ducks, actually.
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I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.
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But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God.
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It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.
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Blaming alleged victims is not okay, no matter whose side starts it.
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I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.
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In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
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There's nothing new about fashionable women borrowing from men's style; just think of Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, or Diane Keaton.
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True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is usually a failure. Beethoven or Schumann or Chopin did not try to be original. They were original.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.
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I always say what I think... I'm not brave - I just have no filter.
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During that McCarthy period, I was a frightened young man. I was working, but I was frightened.
