Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
Quotes to Explore
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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Every movie, especially when you get involved... takes something out of you. You learn something, but you give something to the movie. And after the movie, if the experience has been intense and a true experience, you're a little different afterward.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life.
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Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.
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...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd cows, or to tend pigs. Thank God, I don't want any of that! Damn it! And besides that they smack you for a reward; they call you an animal and it's not true, a little kid, etc.. Oh! Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn!
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Sex on the brain is the wrong place to have it.
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A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
