Stephen Ambrose Quotes
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to how good he is as an artist, and I wouldn't even put myself in the same category as an actor.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.
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Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.
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Frankenstein's actually interesting; he's kind of like a zombie.
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All this terminology of rankings - forcing rankings along some distribution curve or whatever - we're done with that.
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Religious liberty doesn't include encouraging a fellow American to engage in violent jihad and kill an American here. That is not protected free speech. That is not protected religious belief.
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When I say the n-word, black people are clear that I'm on their side. And it's not disingenuous - I am on black people's side, clearly.
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In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
