John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me.
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I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
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I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.
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Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful.
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Don Was is a friend of mine; we've done projects together over the years.
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I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.
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Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.
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Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices - leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.
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For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
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There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.
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I usually sob in 'Scandal,' and I don't even know what it is. I just sob. 'Cause I usually watch it alone, too, and I'll binge-watch it.
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No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.
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When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.
