Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Quotes
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Boys can just wear a suit on the red carpet and that's fine, but for girls it's all about the way you look, and there are constant comparisons.
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I don't really yell at people.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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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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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so many people can see it. I've been in silly popcorn movies - the kind of thing that as an actor you might feel embarrassed about - but those movies reach many more people.
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My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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I have a long love of superhero films, and I'd been saying over and over again to my agents at CAA that I'd like to do one.
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I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.
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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.
