Samuel Beckett Quotes
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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One of the reasons I love devils so much is not based in my faith, but because as a kid, I grew up loving heavy metal and horror movies, and the devil is such a huge presence in both.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.
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That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.
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We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.
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Slavery is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.
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People abusing their power makes me see red.
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Charm is an intangible. Chutzpah, charm, charisma, that kind of thing, you can't buy it. You either have it or you don't.
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I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
