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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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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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.
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Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.
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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
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Why is it”—she shivered as he kissed the top of her spine, went lower—“that I always end up naked while you remain dressed?” A husky masculine chuckle, his lips moving over her shoulder, his hands on her hips. “Because I'm a smart man.
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Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other.
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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.
