Josh McDowell Quotes
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place. Things are just way too good.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.
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If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.
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I'm a believer in paying your dues.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.
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Nobody's expectations are going to be more than mine.
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My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very beginning of coming into their own and finding themselves.
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That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
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If I wanted to lay down a baby con, I could say I was the product of a broken home. But I'd only be bum-rapping my parents.
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Actors are sensitive freaks, but it amazes me that it is something that I haven't improved on over the years.
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Parents are heroes already - all they have to do is start acting like it.
