Fernando Lamas Quotes
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.
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She curled up on the pallet and stared into the dark, praying for a peaceful sleep.Prayers didn’t do no good, oui. Antonio chased her all night. (In the book Antonio, her father, beats and sexually abuses her long-term; she eventually kills him)
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Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad.
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I'm always worried about overhype. I love underhype.
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With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
