D. W. Griffith Quotes
When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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You are not your body. It is just something you wear for a while, because living in the earthplane is infinitely more meaningful and more involved if you are encased in its trappings and subject to its rules.
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Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.
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There's just a lot of really young, entitled people. I don't think a lot of these young people have to work very hard. They're found on YouTube and, boom, thrown into the studio, so they think they can get anything they want.
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
