Derek Kilmer Quotes
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.
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The power and influence of a movie star is curious: I didn't ask for it or take it; people gave it to me. Simply because you're a movie star, people empower you with special rights and privileges.
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There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.
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The best part of social media is that you can reach a lot of people. But that's also the worst part of social media.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I was always a performer kid - like, annoyingly so. I would put on shows for my family and direct my friends in little plays, and my little sister, I'd make up dances with her. But when I was 12, that was when I started taking it seriously, and my mom for some reason believed in me and helped me find an agent in Cleveland, which did nothing for me.
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Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.