Michael Arlen Quotes
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Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
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The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
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Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.
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Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
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I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.
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Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!
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The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.
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It is the old experience that a rude instrument in the hand of a master craftsman will achieve more than the finest tool wielded by the uninspired journeyman.
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As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done
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Things like that happen in the game. There was a battle in the corner and it escalated. You've got to do what you've got to do.
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She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.
