John Barrymore Quotes
A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.
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Microcurrent devices are actually really good because they stimulate the muscles, but I'm not a big fan of injectables. You don't know what they'll do to your face in the long run.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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I have an appetite to always learn.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.
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I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.
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I'm so vain, all I could think was I should have stopped at 'American Pie.'
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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
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I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to.
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The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
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A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.
