E. Lee Spence Quotes
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
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Managing to tell a story is very gratifying.
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I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.
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People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually.
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The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear.
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I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions.
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I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
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If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably wouldn't understand.
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I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.
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A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.
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I never really considered 'Quantum & Woody' a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire.
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Historical research is my drug of choice.
