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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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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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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When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names.
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I just want other people to know the kind of joy that I have in my life. I want other people to be able to have fun.
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Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and when once they have heard it. For although all things happen according to this Logos, they [men] are like people of no experience, even when they experience such words and deeds as I explain, when I distinguish each thing according to its constitution and declare how it is; but the rest of men fail to notice what they do after they wake up just as they forget what they do when asleep.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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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.
