James Russell Lowell Quotes
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
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Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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Love your flaws, and own your quirks.
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There is no reason why a guitar player makes the guitar-playing faces. It doesn't help you play guitar. You've not improved your skills. It's because you're up onstage, and the natural inclination is to put on a show. The rock guy faces are just as much of a front or a show as us wearing crazy makeup. It's just a different scale.
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Know that the pain will pass. And when it does you will be stronger.
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Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.
