John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
Rules of grammar can not give us a mastery of language, rules of rhetoric can not make us eloquent, rules of conduct can not make us good.
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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The chief requirement of the good life... is to live without any image of oneself.
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Usually after I'm done with working, I just come home and play a little game and go to bed. After work, I have a lot time to do a lot of stuff. I think I've got a good balance of work and play.
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I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.
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I felt like I was never going to be a great writer. I felt like I was going to be a good writer at best. I wanted to be great at something.
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There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.
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Rules of grammar can not give us a mastery of language, rules of rhetoric can not make us eloquent, rules of conduct can not make us good.
