George Pierce Baker Quotes
Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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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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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
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When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to be an exchange student to a small town in Argentina called Goya.
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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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Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
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I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to the Iraq War. The first anti-Bush protest in Atlanta was the first protest that I'd ever been to, and I helped organize the school walkout when I was a junior. It was a really solidifying moment.
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The Mandelbrot set is the most complex mathematical object known to mankind.
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Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
