Plautus Quotes
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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The thing about motor neuron disease, once a muscle stops working, it doesn't start again.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
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It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.
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Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.
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We should be about more than just selling chicken: we should be a part of our customers' lives and the communities in which we serve.
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In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience.
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If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.
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I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.
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I think it was Osama bin Laden’s idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq.
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If you like vanilla, you're not going to like 'Breaking Bad' - you need to like a specific flavor that is unusual, that is different, that takes risks.
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The riddle of Mozart is precisely that "the man" refuses to be a key for solving it. In death, as in life, he conceals himself behind his work.
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The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.
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Billie and I got chased through the traffic once in a car. You expect paparazzi to do that, but when it's normal people you start to think the world's gone a bit mad.
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I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.
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Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.
