Frank Capra Quotes
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.
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I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.
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There are lots of parts of filmmaking that I don't like. At the end of the day, especially on features, the film turns into a commodity. You have to play this entirely new game I'm very uncomfortable with.
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By forbearing to march behind the yin-yang flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the South Korean athletes are making a bigger sacrifice than the North Koreans, in whose iconography the banner of the DPRK ranks lower than the party standard, which in turn ranks much lower than the Supreme Commander's standard, the flag of the personality cult.
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If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion, peace.
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I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.
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I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.
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Compassion is a two way street.
