J. Christopher Herold Quotes
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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I love nature.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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We had something to prove after getting beat like we did last night because that wasn't our team.
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Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet. I compare it to having a good bone structure. Make-up will make you look good, but it helps if you have a good skeleton to begin with.
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When I called upon Dr. Johnson next morning, I found him highly satisfied with his colloquial prowess the preceding evening. 'Well, (said he,) we had good talk.' BOSWELL: 'Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons.'
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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I've featured in some soundtracks in the past, and I would love to do more. I love great soundtracks to movies. Quentin Tarantino always picks amazing soundtracks, so I would like to do something for him or write a song for him.
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Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.
