Matthew Arnold Quotes
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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Who you are as a person will only be amplified once you are 'famous,' so if you had a good heart, then I would imagine you'll have the same good heart but the means to do even more with it.
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I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
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'You are certain you can keep the truth from her?' 'Sure,' Ed said confidently. 'I know I can.' 'All right.' The Old Man nodded slowly. 'I will send you back. But you must tell no one.' He swelled visibly. 'Remember: you will eventually come back to me - everyone does, in the end - and your fate will not be enviable.'
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We dream — it is good we are dreaming — It would hurt us — were we awake — But since it is playing — kill us, And we are playing — shriek — What harm? Men die — externally — It is a truth — of Blood — But we — are dying in Drama — And Drama — is never dead — Cautious — We jar each other — And either — open the eyes — Lest the Phantasm — prove the Mistake — And the livid Surprise Cool us to Shafts of Granite — With just an Age — and Name — And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian — It's prudenter — to dream —
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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This truth-to prove, and make thine own: ‘Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone.’
