C.P. Cavafy Quotes
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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When I produce a movie - and I've produced a number of movies, unlike Arnold - yes, I'm frustrated when the union says you can't do this, you can't work past that hour, you've got to break for lunch. But ultimately, they're right. What they do is for everyone's benefit.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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I just want to keep writing music.
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In some ways, being No. 2 in the ratings is a real shot in the arm, a kick in the pants.
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Of course performing talent, that's clear. Maybe this is not so well-known among young people who are interested in music, who are talented in music, but they're trying to figure out how to go about it.
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The only thing God is building in this world is his church.
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There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable.
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From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.
