Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
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It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.
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I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back now, I can see how influential it was on my screenwriting because here you have what looks to be a crime procedural, and it's actually a study in race and loneliness, and a perception of an era.
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Baseball is a team game.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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I'd been on 'Buffy' - that is an amazing community, the Joss Whedon fans.
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I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.
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We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.
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I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.
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The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.
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What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.
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We don't talk about courage much in our everyday conversations, but I am comfortable with it now.
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I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.
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It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
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I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.
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Our circumstance is abject, indefensible, and terrifying. It would be hilarious if the stakes were not so high.
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You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.
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Saddam, as most tyrants, was a total control freak. He wanted total control of his regime. Total control of the country. And to introduce a wild card like Al Qaeda in any sense was just something he would not do.
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It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.
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Petals are a plant’s eardrum. Distant sounds make them quiver like the needle of a seismograph.
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Certainly there is a lot of collaboration, but there is also a lot of clarity that has to be had in the vision that you have for the film when you come in as the director. Without that, there's no bullseye to be aiming for.
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Intoxicating joy is it for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and forget himself. Intoxicating joy and self-forgetting, did the world once seem to me.
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That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.
