James Russell Lowell Quotes
The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man.
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Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.
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The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
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Since I'm a vegetarian, I try to focus on getting my protein and iron needs met.
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To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.
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It will work. I am a marketing genius.
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'Guardians of the Galaxy' is tongue-in-cheek and has a sense of humor about itself. But it's nothing like 'Deadpool.' 'Deadpool' is this super-bizarre thing. The best thing about it is that it's R-rated.
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I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that’s not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'
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That is very fine; but it is impossible to make the men perfect; the men will always remain the same as they are now; and no legislation will make a man have more presence of mind, or, I believe, make him more cautious; and besides that, the next time such an accident occurs, the circumstances will be so different, that the instructions given to the men, in consequence of the former accident, will not apply.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
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The children of the white families in town were not permitted to associate with me, because my father was committing the then unpardonable crime, in Southern eyes, of educating negroes.
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The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man.
