Ernest Hemingway Quotes
Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading.
Quotes to Explore
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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America is huge.
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We deliberate not about ends, but about means.
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Friends are sometimes a big help when they share your feelings. In the context of decisions, the friends who will serve you best are those who understand your feelings but are not overly impressed by them.
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want to do only things that are designed to run commercially, and neither do you want to do things that get acclaim but don't run.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
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Writing 'Men We Reaped' broke me in different ways at different spots in the drafting process. The first draft was hard because I was just getting it out. In some ways, that draft failed. I was really just telling the story, not making assessments - this happened, then this. Just putting those facts down on paper was really painful.
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Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading.
