Douglas Sirk Quotes
But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
Quotes to Explore
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
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Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.
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But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
