James Boswell Quotes
I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.
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If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the best. I have a group of girlfriends that I would lay in front of a bus for. They've picked me up through really, really bad times and I can definitely say I've done the same for them.
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I had never held a baby in my life. I was one of those women - people would say, "Do you want to hold my baby?" and I was like "No ... "
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You definitely see a difference in some guys' games when they do get paid. I'm trying to make sure I'm not that player.
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Quit shouting those rerun songs at me.
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I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.
