Publilius Syrus Quotes
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail, I have sung rock n' roll for forty years. After jail, I will continue to rock n' roll.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I'm blind without my glasses.
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I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.
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Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.
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They could find something wrong with every car if they took it apart for a whole day at the R&D center.
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The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.
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Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.
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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
