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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If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.
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Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.
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If we had the government we deserved we would have the most righteous government, because we deserve the best - everybody does.
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
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I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
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Historical research is my drug of choice.
