George Henry Lewes Quotes
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I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
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It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you are. After a while you begin to think there must be some truth in it because all those people can't be wrong.
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The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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Literature has become too psychological.
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I remember making the all-star team in Little League when I was around 11 years old. I was not a great athlete, but I loved it, so making starting second base in the all-star was great for me. I think someone must have been sick and they slotted me in.
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I have 1.4 million followers on Twitter. I get very interesting, sometimes very diverse input from my followers. So it's sort of like this water cooler, digital water cooler, if you want to think about it, where you go and you listen to conversations that are happening that perhaps will shape your thinking.
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What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.
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The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
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Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.
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Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
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Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves.
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We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.
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Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
