Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

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• When I found out about the audition, I knew that I was going in for 'From Dusk Till Dawn,' but I actually didn't know that I was going to be reading with Robert Rodriguez.

  

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• I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

  

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• This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.

  

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• I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

  

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• If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

  

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• I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.

  

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• You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

  

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• A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.

  

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• I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.

  

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• I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

  

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• We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.

  

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• I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.

  

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• It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.

  

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• I know I'm not the consummate Bollywood heroine. But I'm working hard on it.

  

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• Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.

  

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• It is easy to react if everything is going great.

  

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• No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

  

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• I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.

  

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• I have many, many gay friends.

  

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• I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal.

  

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• Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

  

  Miguel de Cervantes
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