Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes
The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.
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Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.
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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
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Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial teases might be yelled in your ear with just enough time to scribble them on scrap paper before reading them.
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We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world.
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For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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It is true he still has a lot of money; he's built up a net worth and still has back-ends from movies, but you can't compare that to what he could be still making. Sometimes it just amazes me how uninterested he is about it.
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The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.
