Max Lerner Quotes
In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to what they say in their field of competence, but to their wisdom on every other question in the world.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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I thought, you know the food and the diet thing is one way to start yourself onto a healthy lifestyle, but if you don't move, if you don't start exercising you're gonna deteriorate.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
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It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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The whole New Kids thing was crazy. The more it grew, the more I just felt like I was trapped.
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In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to what they say in their field of competence, but to their wisdom on every other question in the world.
