Gene Fowler Quotes
I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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HeyHey is my favourite app. It's like Instagram but for sound recordings, with little soundbites from people's days. We spend far too much time looking down at our phones, so it's nice to have your head up while you listen to what other people have uploaded.
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I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.
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I would've loved to have children and I'm really good with kids, but I just didn't want to commit to anything when I had cancer. I didn't want to plan for the future.
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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.
