W. H. Auden Quotes
It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.
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The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking hot breakfasts for lots of people, juggling the eggs and the bacon and the tomatoes and the fried potatoes and so on.
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I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
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Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with a manager, got some help, because at a certain point, you get frustrated when you go do auditions, and people say you did a great job, and then you don't get he part.
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The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
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As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time.
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I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.
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I don't like 'cool telly.'
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There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
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I thought if I didn't write my own show, I'll rust.
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It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
