E. B. White Quotes
Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.
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People take things so seriously.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
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Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.
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I think skilled salesmen have the ability to work out who you are and pick out aspects of your personality. They almost manipulate you, in a way, to make you buy their product.
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'All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' 'I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman; 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.'
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That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.
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Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.
