Humphrey Bogart Quotes
I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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In the present time you don't really establish what you're going through, but after time it's declared something. Right now there could be some writers doing something expressing their thoughts in a whole different style that we're not aware of. This could be the 'in-between the notes generation.'
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.
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I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there.
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
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You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.
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Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas, and I have a collection of thousands of comics. I was surprised to see that 90% of them were Marvel. So, I wanted to go through my collection and start there.
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I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!
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The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
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I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.
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Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?
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I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole proper text conversation - while everyone was weeping!
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I spend many evenings reading or continuing the day's work, but I also enjoy playing the piano, jogging, and traveling with the family.
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I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.
