Ethel Watts Mumford Quotes
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.
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The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
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Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.
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The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
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I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.
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The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a small part in a high school play. And before that, in sixth grade, I wrote a musical about Noah's ark.
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I don't know if people really want to know how I feel about drugs. I'm not such a stickler. I believe you can choose to live your life any way you want.
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Winning supporters over can only really be achieved by what you do, not what you say. It's no use just smiling and shaking hands and getting quoted with witty one-liners.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
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No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.
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My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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I've had some styles that make me wonder what the hell I was thinking. How did I let someone do that to me?
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The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
