Philip James Bailey Quotes
The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
Quotes to Explore
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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It is only the forcible propagation of conventional Christianity that makes the agnostic so bitter toward the church. He knows that all the doctrines cannot possibly be true, but he would view them with toleration if he were asked merely to let them alone for the benefit of the masses whom they can help and succour.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.
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I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.
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I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
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Those who can bear all can dare all.
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For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
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I absolutely don't relate to being beaten down my whole life - I had amazing opportunities at a young age - but there is still in many, many people's minds the notion that I'll never be able to escape Harry Potter.
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The color of a person's skin had nothing to do with the content of their character.
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Howard Marks is very intelligent and well read, eloquent, witty, charming. I think it was those qualities that got him through. I was interested to explore that because generally, we perceive criminals as dark, twisted, angry characters. Howard isn't any of those. He was punished for his crime, released from prison, and has lived to tell the tale.
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The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
