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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I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.
Nastassja Kinski -
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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Every person is worthy of an infinite wealth of love - the beauty of his soul knows no limit.
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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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One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to convey its essential point to other minds. Words may have to be strained into a new sense, and scientific controversies constantly resolve themselves into differences about the meaning of words. On the other hand, a happy nomenclature has sometimes been more powerful than rigorous logic in allowing a new train of thought to be quickly and generally accepted.
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We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.
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I was always interested - I mean, it's kind of part of your job - I was always interested in the camera.
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In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.
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The designer had probably been going for Turkish Bath but had hit Czech Porn Shoot instead.
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All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.
