Steven Spielberg Quotes
My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.
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Seeing people get messed up never gets un-funny! And there's plenty of ways to do that.
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
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A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But it can also be quite dangerous.
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Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.
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The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand.
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We feel much sorrow for you, the elm tree had said. But what kind of sorrow-a real and sincere sorrow, or the superficial and pedantic sorrow of the immortal for a frail and flickering creature that was about to die?
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Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
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No one can figure out your worth but you.
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I was never tempted by the Premier League. It's simply a personal opinion.
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When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.
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No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn't see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!
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I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person.
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Benedict and Bernard and the other true monastic peacemakers of history have been effective because they have acted from a deep source of peace within themselves, dating a context for peace. This is the contribution a Christian man or woman of peace can make.
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'I say to the Dublin government, Mr Faulkner says it's 'hands across the border to Dublin'. I say, if they don't behave themselves in the South, it will be shots across the border!'
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My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.
