Samuel McChord Crothers Quotes
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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There's no possibility that foresight work will ruin my creativity. It goes to a different area than the creative wellspring of SF.
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I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I can't live without chocolate, though. I've always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and it's too sweet, any more and it's inedible. Like I said, I'm very particular.
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I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.
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Maybe Trump isn't a racist in private. But he's sure acting like one in public. And his body language is corroborating the evidence.
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If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?
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There is too little courtship in the world.
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One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world.
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I'm sad, upset, and disheartened with the trolling that happens on social media... At the end of the day, this whole homophobia is so disheartening and upsetting. And then they say, 'Why don't you speak about your sexuality? You could be iconic in this country.' But I don't want to be iconic anywhere. I want to live my life.
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I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States.
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I got into one of the schools I applied to because of the essay I wrote about Holly Hunter's character in 'Broadcast News.' She's the only female producer on this news network, and she's really good at her job, but she allots time in her day to just sit at her desk and cry. And then she's just back to work. I find that really effective.
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I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.
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I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.
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I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.
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Club culture is about leaving your cares behind, and I am trying to create that environment.
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Even though it's meant to be the season of jollity and goodwill, there's something delicious about the anticipation of a Christmassy ghost thrill.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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I had learned a little about writing from Soldier's Pay - how to approach language, words: not with seriousness so much as an essayist does, but with a kind of alert respect, as you approach dynamite; even with joy, as you approach women: perhaps with the same secretly unscrupulous intentions.
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When you a 'has-been', just think of where you HAS-BEEN.
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To keep shooting at a folly after it is dead is unsportsmanlike.
