Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I'm very open-minded.
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I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
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I went to a French immersion school, and French-Canadian improv is a big thing, and we had an improv team at school, and 12 of us would get up and make things up against other elementary schools. I'd always wanted to perform, and that was just another extension of it.
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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Communication feels like it should be the simplest thing, but it's not. Sometimes you don't even understand what you're feeling. You don't know how to put that into words, so how are you suppose to tell the person you love that you're upset.
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There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
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L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
