Omar Khayyam Quotes
After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make; 'They sneer at me for leaning all awry: What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?'
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing … I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job.
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New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.
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It's all about making an experience. You go to the movies to see something you've never seen before. You want to get different people out there with different voices. So you see awesome huge spectacle or just a small unbelievable story you've never seen before.
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Convictions are variable; to be always consistent is to be sometimes dishonest.
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We have kids this year that we want to watch closely.
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After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make; 'They sneer at me for leaning all awry: What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?'
