Geneva Carr Quotes
Let me tell you a little secret: There are no bad actors. There are none. You have to find the right role. I never give up on people. For God's sake, look at me.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've done for 3,000 performances or a song you're singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive.
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The reality is that art has often risen to greater heights than the people who created it. Many flawed artists have created great works of art. You have to decide if you are going to listen to Richard Wagner's music or not because he was very anti-Semitic.
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I can govern by bringing people together. And also, I've been tested in a way no one else has. I was governor on September 11th, and I'm proud of my leadership in bringing New York through that time. And when I left, we were stronger, we were safer, and we were more united than at any time in my lifetime.
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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I'm very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because of how much I struggled in the beginning to get my head around how it works.
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Let me tell you a little secret: There are no bad actors. There are none. You have to find the right role. I never give up on people. For God's sake, look at me.
