George Edward Woodberry Quotes
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in the arts. Shakespeare is the chief modern example of this supreme faculty of mankind.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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With brain and body, it's great if you have a connection between the two, but when separated, that leads to a lot of conflict.
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I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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I feel very passionately that we need to take care of the planet and everything on it. Whether it's saving the Amazon or just being kind to those around you, we need to take care of each other and Mother Earth.
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Sanitising stories, leaching out all of the sense of danger and the darkness out of the stories, actually reduces them and stops them from doing what they're supposed to do, which is teach us how to manage our lives.
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The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.
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What does matter is this: the Russians successfully meddled in our democracy, and our intelligence agencies have concluded that they will do so again.
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Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
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The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.
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I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.
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Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
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Detroit is in my music consciously and subconsciously.
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Many hated 'Selma.' Just because my voice and the voice of the people I come from is antithetical to so much of what Hollywood produces. I don't think what I'm saying is in particular radical or anything; it's just different from what they want to sell.
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Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.
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So thoughtless awareness is the first beautiful state you have to achieve. That will give you peace and a witness state to enjoy the drama of life, to enjoy the different varieties of people, while you will be growing within yourself.
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The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.
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You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.
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To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in the arts. Shakespeare is the chief modern example of this supreme faculty of mankind.
