Bryan Lee O'Malley Quotes
I'm always exploring other people: trying to figure out myself, trying to figure out everyone.
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I loved the world of imagination.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.
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The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.'
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High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.
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I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.
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I'm always exploring other people: trying to figure out myself, trying to figure out everyone.
