John Donne Quotes
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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When we were filming 'Twilight,' we didn't expect anything. We were just filming a movie that we wanted the fans to enjoy. And then it kinda just blew into this whole other world.
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
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My life is a series of things that just happen.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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Cats and ghosts both partook of the saucers of milk and that was okay. They consumed different parts of it: the cats its substance, the ghosts its essence, and none went to waste.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
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I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
