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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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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I've had my run-ins with department stores, like Harrods, which stopped selling fur coats, but I found some there with fur trim, which is just as disgusting. Foie gras production is appalling - there's no excuse for selling it.
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For policemen to be honest about the fact that they may be fearful when they come into a certain situation, not understanding what's going to happen. The only way things will change and things will get better is if people are able to be honest without feeling like they're going to be offended, or they're going to offend someone else.
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Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.
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If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry; these can by no means be so surely obtained as by a fall in the price of corn.
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I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.
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That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.
