John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I studied Morse code.
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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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While I am not saying Facebook cannot be a wonderland for marketers, I am still waiting to see the proof of it, and so should every reporter.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.
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I love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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I'm still very much a kid inside myself.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
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Law is born from despair of human nature.
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Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.
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Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom.
