Paul Arden Quotes
Risks are a measure of people. People who don't take them are trying to preserve what they have. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards, proving where you've been.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.
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I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defense. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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Risks are a measure of people. People who don't take them are trying to preserve what they have. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards, proving where you've been.
