Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (Van Heflin) Quotes
You knew when a woman loves you like that, she can love you with every card in the deck and then pull a knife across your throat the next morning.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Good argument is intended to persuade another.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.
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I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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When I was younger, I didn't have that type of person that I could look up to and be like, 'OK, this is someone who dresses like me and I relate to.' I didn't have that growing up, so to give that opportunity to a younger generation of women - and not just Somali women, but anyone who feels different - that means a lot to me.
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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I had to show that the Bible dealt with an encounter between God and Man. I thought only of the apartness of God. What I had to learn after that was the togetherness of Man and God - a union of two totally different kinds of beings.
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I look up to my mom. She's a beautiful woman.
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I don't look the same as I did 20 years ago, nor should I.
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When something terrible happens, how you react determines who you are from then on.
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Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
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You knew when a woman loves you like that, she can love you with every card in the deck and then pull a knife across your throat the next morning.
