Ian Stannard Quotes
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.'
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You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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On the whole, I have quite a low opinion of men.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
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When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down.
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The nice thing about being a director is that I can say, "I can only get into the room after the kids are at school, and I have to be back for dinner. And they're coming for lunch."
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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.
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We will get a test of the $1.10 low.
