Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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When I started out in life I wanted to teach.
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.
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You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.
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A small town is nothing but eyes and gaping maw; it pecks at its own like a flock of vicious birds.
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The dose makes the poison.
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When finding that people held the same views as I, I persuaded myself that I held them differently.
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A burnt dog dreads the fire.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
