Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
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American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids.
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To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.
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I made mistakes in every trial.
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It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready.
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Reading is a dissuasion from immorality. Reading stands in the place of company.
