James Hilton Quotes
People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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The Dodd Bill does very little to reduce financial risks. What it will do is make Wall Street even more the servant of bureaucrats in Washington and the political party in power. That is not in the best interests of the American people.
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Christmas 1972 was a lonely time for Kissinger, as well as for his boss, and a period of serious reflection. Kissinger was then a bachelor, enamored of the tall, elegant, but elusive WASP Nancy Maginnes, but still very much a bachelor - Washington's most sought-after bachelor.
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The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment.
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You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
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I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.
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People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
