James Branch Cabell Quotes
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.
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I've followed the lives of great musicians and have learned that you don't have to always write in pain. You have all of your past experiences, feelings, and thoughts that you can turn on when you need them and turn off when you don't.
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Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
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After you have a kid you're just so happy to be alive!
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Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future.
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If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.
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While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
