Phase Quotes
People hate sincerity because it threatens that horrid structure they’re maintaining in their whole social lives.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values.
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I grew up really loving old-school horror such as 'Halloween' and 'The Birds.'
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I am so saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Bonnie Franklin. She was just full of light and love. Bonnie will be very much missed by all the people she touched with her love.
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Everything that has to do with sex is somehow... it's the best thing in the world, and it's still the one thing people don't want you to talk about.
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People hate sincerity because it threatens that horrid structure they’re maintaining in their whole social lives.
