Joseph Wambaugh Quotes
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We decided to place the motor to one side of the man, so that in case of a plunge head first, the motor could not fall upon him.
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It is important to rise above rationalizations and make the best choices.
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Standing armies shall in time be totally abolished.
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Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe.
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I believe that working independently will give artists the ability to communicate the full extent of their art and not just a piece of it that might sell.
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The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our bodies with misfortune and harm. Hence it comes that he often breaks men's necks or drives them to insanity, drowns some, and incites many to commit suicide, and to many other terrible calamities. Therefore there is nothing for us to do upon earth but to pray against this arch enemy without ceasing. For unless God preserved us, we would not be safe from him even for an hour.
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I see the whole episode in my memory as if it were a very crisply photographed black and white movie. Directed by Bergman perhaps.We are playing ourselves in the movie version. If only we could escape from always having to play ourselves !
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An artist should let his style evolve naturally, spontaneously.
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Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically, the sufferings of the world.
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The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?
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The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.
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Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.
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Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.
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In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.
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Music is always my great escape... I get to be that wild child and do whatever the hell I want on stage.
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When the show first stopped back in the ‘80s, I and a lot of the other actors thought people would stop talking about it… [but] it began rerunning in all the other countries, it didn’t go away, it only escalated. I get recognized more now than I did when the show as running. There was a time in my 20s when I would say I didn’t want to be recognized as Nellie forever… but Nellie was a lot of fun to play… Indeed, I thought I’d be sick of it, but now, it just makes me smile.
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Civil servants take forever to do anything.
