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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I think a great artist should be able to create any style, any form, anything from rock to pop to gospel to spiritual, just wonderful music where everybody can sing it.
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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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That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents.
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I wish somebody would just give me a couple of million dollars a year, so that I could do a play based on every little fantasy I have.
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I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.
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Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be able to read. I was reading Kipling and PG Wodehouse and Shakespeare at the age of 11. The kind of description and detail I read I would not put in my books. I don't know how much you can fight that because you want children to read. So I pack in excitement and plot and illustrations and have a cliffhanger every chapter. Charles Dickens was doing cliffhangers way back when. But even with all the excitement you have to make children care about the characters.
