John T. Flynn Quotes
These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.
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Anyway, Cat Stevens is never going to make much money out of us.
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I've managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!
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In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
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I hyperventilate quite a lot.
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Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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The only sin is the sin of being born.
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Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.
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One of the things about writing fiction is that you create people that you feel, more or less, as though you know.
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Voices of the glorified urge us onward. They who have passed from the semblances of time to the realities of eternity call upon us to advance. The rest that awaits us invites us forward. We do not pine for our rest before God wills it. We long for no inglorious rest. We are thankful rather for the invaluable training of difficulty, the loving discipline of danger and strife. Yet in the midst of it all the prospect of rest invites us heavenward. Through all, and above all, God cries, "Go forward!" "Come up higher!
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But being a film actor is very different from, say, a theater actor. You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration. So I am very involved with the character, but I have to leave it as soon as it's finished. And also, you always have to be at the right level when it's time to shoot, which is not always the best time for the actor. Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.
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I've had such an odd career.
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The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.
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These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.
