Steven Millhauser Quotes
All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.
Quotes to Explore
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.
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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
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The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
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New thinking. Unleashing growth that creates opportunity. Promoting development that lifts all people out of poverty.Supporting democracy that gives citizens their say. Advancing the security and justice that delivers peace. Respecting the human rights of all people. These are the keys to progress - not just in Africa, but around the world.
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Men created civilization only to impress their girl friends
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The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.
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She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)
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At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?’ (Hays translation)
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when the bank calls: 'Chase Bank, I'm self-employed, how long do you want to stay on the phone?'
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Now civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them which they fail to meet.
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I mistrust illuminations: what we take for a discovery is very often only a familiar thought that we have not recognized.
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I didn't realize people tip for take-out.
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In markets, there are times when you are looking for what makes sense. At other times, you are looking for what you can do that is sensible versus constraints and uncertainties.
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Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love.
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A lot of people call me a 'machine,' and I don't think a lot of men or women operate the way I do.
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what's going on. pause I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.
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Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.
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All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.
