H. L. Mencken Quotes
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
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Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
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I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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God has no resolve; no karma attaches itself to Him.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
