Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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Coffee makes me go crazy.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!
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I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.
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Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got.
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The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
