Megan Hilty Quotes
I come from the theater. Nothing is as difficult as working eight shows a week. Period. End of story.
Quotes to Explore
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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
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That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
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Intolerance is alien to Hinduism.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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My mom and I are very close.
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A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
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People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
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I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
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The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom.
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I think a broader audience is really amazing. If there's no need for curse words or darkness, why go there? Why not make it PG?
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Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
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We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
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One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
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I come from the theater. Nothing is as difficult as working eight shows a week. Period. End of story.
