Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I've directed independent film.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is. Especially as you get older, there's not as much of a range of potentially feasible parts.
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The frivolous work of polished idleness.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.
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We think that right now we got a core group of players that are extremely hard working. Now, how good we're going to be, how many games we're going to win? That remains to be seen.
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Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.
