Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
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Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling.
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One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.
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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it.
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I don't know if I'm a populist artist, but I do try to maintain a spirit of generosity.
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To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
