George Linnaeus Banks Quotes
For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.
Quotes to Explore
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.
Nastassja Kinski -
Dancing doesn't have a language.
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There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
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The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because the reader certainly will.
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Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour.
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It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.
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Just do your best. I find that if I set that goal for myself and no one else, I feel good.
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For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.
