Homer Quotes
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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Medicines are only fit for old people.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.
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The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
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And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.'
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I think governments can't do much.
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You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.
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The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
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Those who deny human-caused climate change offer no compelling evidence to better explain the undeniable rise in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and global temperature.
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When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream to ask for changes.
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A lot of times people say, 'As soon as you relax you'll have a kid.'
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Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the gospel of love by the gospel of hate, the other undermining the essential concept of human responsibility.
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
