Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
Quotes to Explore
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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Filming '24' is just like watching '24.'
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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It is always your next move.
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I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing.
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And sometimes when the night is slow The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go A Thousand Kisses Deep.
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'He will reprove the world of sin' -not because men swear and lie and steal and get drunk and murder- 'of sin because they believe not on me.'
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
