Ernest Hemingway Quotes
You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.
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Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations.
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There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.
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I always try to make a voice to go with the characteristics - if the guy's a hothead or he's cool, whatever.
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You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.
