Preston Sturges Quotes
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If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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I am not a madman or a nut.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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Humor is a part of spirituality.
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I remember being totally enamored with Sid Caesar.
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There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
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God is a verb, not a noun.
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I try to not read about myself. I think it's easier to have it out of sight and out of mind.
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You could date a stick of dynamite and wouldn't go out with a bang.
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Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good.
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In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.
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For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.
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I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.
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I always was and always will be optimistic.
