Howard Blum Quotes
Ships are blowing up at sea, or catching fire, factories are blowing up. Are these accidents? Are these industrial sabotage? No one really suspected a spy network.
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I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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Thrice three protections, Returning to the old places, With a steed used to the field.
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I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curls But my mother she give me something It's going to carry me through this world.
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)
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Many senior policemen put greater emphasis on maintaining 'order' than on upholding the law. In practice that meant failing to uphold the rights of individuals against the rule of the mob.
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Everything else - music, cinematography, costumes, design, acting - can be judged at face value. But when you're looking at editing, you don't know what the totality of the material was, and you don't know the working dynamic between a director and an editor - whether the editor was micromanaged or given free rein. It's very difficult.
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Oberst is one of those musicians that some people hate in a visceral, biological way.
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There is a slight tomboyish side to me. But I was studious, and I did not bunk classes!
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I want to show how much fun you can have drawing... parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity.
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Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.
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'The Naked Civil Servant' was as important for me as 'Easy Rider' was for Jack Nicholson. No question.
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Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say 'I know what I am doing' at critical moments.
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I am only a spark: Make me a fire.
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Ships are blowing up at sea, or catching fire, factories are blowing up. Are these accidents? Are these industrial sabotage? No one really suspected a spy network.
