Joseph Addison Quotes
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I don't really enjoy working in TV, to be completely honest. Even though it's incredibly lucrative, I'm just terrified of not being satiated in a myriad of different ways.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps.
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Caffeine. The gateway drug.
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I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.
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People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.
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I'm an honest guy.
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I don't recall that I have said - and I don't think that I really feel - that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood - or even that it would be desirable - to have a single government elected by the people of the world.
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My relationship with science is as someone who's curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
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A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it's like having a big train set.
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DSP is not only a music director for many of my films, but he is also a very dear friend.
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Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
