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 think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
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That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve.
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I really empathise with some of my peers who had success in the early years; then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
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If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music.
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The violence of beast on beast is read As natural law, but upright man Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain.
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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.
