Herbert Kaufman Quotes
Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.
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I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.
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At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.
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Leona Helmsley is a truly evil human being. She treated employees worse than any human being I've ever witnessed and I've dealt with some of the toughest human beings alive.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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Last year set a new kind of standard, ... I think it does influence, especially when you consider how few people turn out to vote.
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Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
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The question, then, for Western companies, as much as for Western governments, is to decide whose side they are on: the Chinese officials who like to define their culture in a paternalistic, authoritarian way, or the large number of Chinese who have their own ideas about freedom.
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Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them to the laundry, or throw them out and put on a new one when it gets all gamey?" - Bobby talking to Saint Dane, RR
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There were some quality things in the game but we just didn't do any of it for long enough.
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Simplicity is the key.
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Young guys should focus on maintaining their football position. Coaches always say the lowest guy wins. I'm a taller guy and a bigger guy, but because I'm always in a great football position is why I think I'm able to get away from guys still. It gives me a chance to recover.
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I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I wanted to prove that I could direct.
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You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.
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Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
