Maxwell Anderson Quotes
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.
Quotes to Explore
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I've made plenty of violent games in my life. I play violent games. They don't affect people in the way that a lot of people think they do. They just don't. It's demonstrably true that they don't, and anybody who thinks they do is just not thinking.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.
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I love the free spirit in London.
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Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
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I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
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I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all.
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Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.
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There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.
