Orson Pratt Quotes
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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I just want to do my job.
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I can't take anything seriously.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
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I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.
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There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was among them. It's always these ordinary women and men of grace who have been waiting and seething and planning to change things that are unjust that bring movement.
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On telly, there's been a move towards entertainment - with some very high-powered, fast-moving dramas. Then we have the Internet, where we get our information but it's all in bite-size pieces. I think the documentary, as a form, actually speaks to what's missing.
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At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.
