John Galsworthy Quotes
The seeing of things as they really are - the seeing of a proportion veiled from other eyes (together with the power of expression), is what makes a man an artist. What makes him a great artist is a high fervour of spirit, which produces a superlative, instead of a comparative, clarity of vision.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
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For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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I'd much rather play Batman's cousin than Batman. That's more of my speed.
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We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
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Apparently Bolivia is the key source of lithium in the world. So we're gonna trade the Saudis for the Bolivians.
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. Never, never, never could one conceive what love is, beforehand, never. Life can be great-quite god-like. It can be so. God be thanked I have proved it.
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The seeing of things as they really are - the seeing of a proportion veiled from other eyes (together with the power of expression), is what makes a man an artist. What makes him a great artist is a high fervour of spirit, which produces a superlative, instead of a comparative, clarity of vision.
