John Morley Quotes
Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.
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Families always stay the same, but they always provide more stories.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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I started from B-grade films, and today I'm the number one actress of this country... whereas other actresses, whom you might call my contemporaries, they have had no growth in whatever platform they were launched... they are still there and have not risen to another platform.
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If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.
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In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.
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In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
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Basketball wasn't going particularly well, but in my senior year, I did a play and got a wonderful card from a professor that said, 'I don't know what your plans are after school or if acting is a part of it, but you have something special.' Hearing that from someone who I had so much respect for pointed me in that direction.
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Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
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Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share with others.
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When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.
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A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
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'Is it a wicked thing, then?''I should call it a misunderstanding, rather. A misunderstanding of life. Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.'
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It was a very circuitous path. It was not very linear - I floundered about for many years.
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In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb.
