Jules Romains Quotes
Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people talk about people.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
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One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
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I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.
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Earnest people are always a bit on the thick side in my experience.
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People think floating should be the easiest and happiest time for a company, but it's actually really hard. We were meant to think we'd won - we'd gone public and could go on to new things. But we were only just getting started.
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Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.
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Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.
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I don't get sick much because in the U.S. I always eat with my fingers, you know, to get used to the bacteria.
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Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people talk about people.
