Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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The strong desire to include every vital component of life instead of excluding part of them for the sake of too narrow and dogmatic an approach has characterized my whole life.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.
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There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.
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I had to work at everything.
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I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.
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We want to ascribe a kind of tragic grimness to people, but people are funny.
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Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is.
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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
