George Pierce Baker Quotes
Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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We are in a culture where it's so easy to just turn things off that you don't like. And I think that doesn't make you a well-rounded person or artist. You have to be able to take the good with the bad and have opinions on things!
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.
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At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.'
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“I've allowed myself to lead this little life, when inside me there was so much more.”
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The hierarchy problem is the elephant in the room. ... And it originally showed up in the context of doublet–triplet splitting problem.
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I love action films. I don't really like drama.
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If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.
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Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.
