Erich Segal Quotes
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts.
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Nobody wants to retire from football.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten violence in return, you've taken it to another level, where you lose whatever credibility you had.
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I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
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In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
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People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.
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Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.
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The tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them protection, as though it were compensation for not being slain.
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I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.
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Sometimes I amaze even myself.
