James L. Petigru Quotes
Growing richer every day, for as rich and poor are relative terms, when the rich are growing poor, it is pretty much the same as if the poor were growing rich. Nobody is poor when the distinction between rich and poor is destroyed.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.
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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
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Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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Men build scales, but the gods blow upon the lighter pan.
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There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad.
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We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future.
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I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Growing richer every day, for as rich and poor are relative terms, when the rich are growing poor, it is pretty much the same as if the poor were growing rich. Nobody is poor when the distinction between rich and poor is destroyed.
