Jean Racine Quotes
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my mistress's back was turned to me while she was fighting with her husband, so I just put my fingers in the sugar bowl to take one lump, and maybe she heard me, for she turned and saw me. The next minute, she had the rawhide down.
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There's a place in my heart for every team I played on.
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I can't play a character that I am judging.
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There's a huge expanse of this continent that so seldom gets photographed.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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I learned how quickly I could go from having never met someone to having the world think I'm dating them.
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Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
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Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due.
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I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.
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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.
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I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
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If the 19th century was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the 'collective' century, and therefore the century of the state.
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When you're eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set men are landing on the moon - anything is possible. And that is something we need to not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and permission to dream is immense. … It's important to have specific dreams.
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I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.
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According as the man is, so must you humour him.
