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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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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Painting fulfills a need to be non-intellectual. There are times when we have to get our brains out in our fingers.
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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.
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I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.
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Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my wings.
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I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill.
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The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
