Walter Scott Quotes
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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I think all politicians lie.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.
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People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.
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I don't want to act as though my deployment was particularly rough, because it wasn't. I had a very mild deployment; I was a staff officer.
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My public school teachers did a great job of saying, 'Check this out. You're qualified for this. You should explore these opportunities.' They're the ones who said, 'You know, apply to Harvard. You might be a good fit here.'
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Stood for his country’s glory fast,And nail’d her colours to the mast!
