Matthew Arnold Quotes
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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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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More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
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I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.
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Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.
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There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.
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I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.
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Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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I keep saying, Shakspeare, Shakspeare, you are as obscure as life is.
