Edith Sitwell Quotes
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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The gig economy is empowerment. This new business paradigm empowers individuals to better shape their own destiny and leverage their existing assets to their benefit.
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I can make a movie about Lee Harvey Oswald and make you feel what he feels and make you understand why he believes what he believes. That doesn't mean I think you should go out and shoot JFK.
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I was with my wife for five years before we got married, so we've been together since I was 22.
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I am the protector of all lives. I am present even before the creation. I am prime God.
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
