R.D. Blackmore Quotes
May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It's just about human beings. I never made 'Tyrannosaur' in reference to anybody - I just made it because I had to make my own films.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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I do expect a lot from myself, but it's also a balance of being... positive and also pushing yourself.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away.
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The smoke and the fire and the speed, the action and the sound, and everything that goes together, [the steam engine] is the most beautiful machine that we ever made, there's just nothing like it.
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It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.
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I grew up a poor kid in Florida, and I was always in Florida living with my stepfather and my mother, and we used to, every year, sit down and watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' And I think to this day that's probably the foundation for everything I've done since.
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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all.
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May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.
