Joe E. Lewis Quotes
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human experience, to the edges of themselves and then, asking certain questions - about love, what does it mean to love? What's beauty? What is true beauty? What does it mean to be insane - crazy?
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.
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A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters.
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Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
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The movie 'Vacation' had a whole different ending. They never even got to the amusement park, Wallyworld, at the end of 'Vacation.' The last 20 minutes of the film was entirely different - and bombed so badly that the audience just stopped cold.
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While actors are great and awesome, writers literally create new worlds from scratch. What is sexier than that? Personally, I don't know why every last person out there isn't dating a writer.
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Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.
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Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.
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Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?
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A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor. They're not going to throw millions of dollars at you for that.
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I've got a massive VHS collection in my apartment. Some people think that it's not a good thing, but I find comfort in it.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.
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I know I can do better than that.
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If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor.
