Harry Shearer Quotes
You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
Mandy Bujold -
That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.
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The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
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In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art.
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A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.
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What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
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For my own health, I thought it was better to eat a plant based diet. I'm going to be 60 soon and I have boundless energy and I feel really good, so I'm all for it.
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My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
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Habla con su propia palabra sólo la herida.
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I'm sexing raw dog without protection.
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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
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And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story.
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From a purely craft standpoint, a simple character has a single motivation, while complex characters have two or three or more motivations, at least one of which is in direct conflict with another.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world.
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You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.
