Max Lerner Quotes
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
Quotes to Explore
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
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There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
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We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
