Nicholas Murray Butler Quotes
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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Act because you love to act.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
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When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.
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A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
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I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.
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The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.
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If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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...the wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.
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My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.
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Artists are definitely, like, under a sort of microscope of scrutiny more than others.
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An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
