Buster Keaton Quotes
Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.
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Many years ago, in the throes of my struggles on the PGA Tour, I had difficulty even getting into pro-ams. I needed money, so I put together a 45-minute magic show I'd perform at corporate events surrounding the tournament.
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The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That's good. The computer goes down? That's good. All these things are good. It has to be a little bit of a struggle.
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I started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the small child that stepped on a land mine. Three months later, I'm back helping pull the land mines out. Little things just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.
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I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
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There is a war on men, and feminists are very open about it. They don't conceal it; they brag about it. You read all of their material – they're always saying they want to abolish the patriarchy. They said that husbands are not necessary in a marriage, they're not necessary in raising children.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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When God gives you AIDS - and God does give you AIDS, by the way - make lemonAIDS.
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Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?
