Oliver DeMille Quotes
There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard work necessary to get a great education, or you can attempt to require it of him.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.
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Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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There is no greater threat to our devotion to Christ than our service for Christ.
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When you knock people out, it's sometimes a very scary situation - but I always hoped that no one got seriously hurt. Now when I see them get knocked out, I laugh. When you finish the game, it's funny. And when I look at film of myself, I think, 'I wouldn't fight that guy.'
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There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard work necessary to get a great education, or you can attempt to require it of him.
