Samuel Adams Quotes
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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I am someone who isn't always perfect.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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Before the scene, before the paragraph, even before the sentence, comes the word. Individual words and phrases are the building blocks of fiction, the genes that generate everything else. Use the right words, and your fiction can blossom. The French have a phrase for it - le mot juste - the exact right word in the exact right position.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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Treat other animals as friends and they become friends. Treat other animals as family and they become family. Give other animals your love and they will love you in return.
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There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.
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I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by.
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
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Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
